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John Chandos is a Actor British born on 27 july 1917 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
John Chandos McConnell (27 July 1917 – 21 September 1987) was a British film and television actor.
He won a scholarship to RADA in 1936. During the Second World War he served with the Seaforth Highlanders, Parachute Regiment and the GHQ Liaison Regiment.
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Birth name John Chandos McConnell
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 july 1917 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 21 september 1987 (at 70 years) at Chichester (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 july 1917 at Glasgow (United-kingdom)
Death 21 september 1987 (at 70 years) at Chichester (United-kingdom)
He won a scholarship to RADA in 1936. During the Second World War he served with the Seaforth Highlanders, Parachute Regiment and the GHQ Liaison Regiment.
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The Little Ones (1965)
, 1h6Directed by Jim O'Connolly
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Dudley Foster, Derek Newark, Kim Smith, Derek Francis, Cyril Shaps, John Chandos
Roles Lord Brantley
Two poor boys from London, Ted, an abused child and Jackie, the son of a prostitute run away to Liverpool in an attempt to stowaway on a ship bound to Jamaica. Arriving in Liverpool tired and hungry, they steal a suitcase which they hope to pawn for money to provide food. The owner of the suitcase, a wealthy shipping businessman, alerts the police and the boys are subsequently caught, scolded and sent home. Recognizing their dire life at home, a friendly superintendent tells that the boys that many ships leave here for Jamaica.
I Accuse! (1958)
, 1h32Directed by José Ferrer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Spy films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism, Histoire de France
Actors Anton Walbrook, José Ferrer, Viveca Lindfors, Leo Genn, Emlyn Williams, David Farrar
Roles Drumont
Rating71%
Accusé à tort d'espionnage, le capitaine Alfred Dreyfus fut dégradé et condamné à la déportation à vie.
Time Without Pity (1957)
, 1h25Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowen, Lois Maxwell
Roles 1st Journalist
Rating67%
David Graham, a recovering alcoholic, returns to England with only 24 hours to save his son, Alec, from hanging for the murder of Alec's girlfriend, Jenny Cole. A neglectful, absentee father who has missed the entire trial while he was in rehab in Canada, Graham discovers his son, awaiting execution, at first refuses to even see him and when he does, to evince any hope for his case, let alone affection for his father.
Doctor at Large (1957)
, 1h38Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Eaton, Michael Medwin
Roles O'Malley
Rating59%
Back at St Swithin’s, Dr Simon Sparrow loses out to the self-important Dr Bingham for a job as senior house surgeon. Feeling that he has no future as a surgeon, he takes a general practice job in an industrial town. He finds that he has to do most of the work, including night calls, and is also the target of his partner’s flirty wife.
, 1h59Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Bernard Lee, Patrick Macnee
Roles Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
Rating65%
In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy responds with hunting groups whose mission is to stop them. The group that finds the heavily armed pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee near South America is outgunned: Graf Spee is equipped with long-range 11-inch guns, while the British heavy cruiser Exeter has much lighter 8-inch guns, and the light cruisers Ajax and Achilles have 6-inch guns. Despite this, they go straight to the attack.
The Green Man (1956)
, 1h20Directed by Basil Dearden, Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Raymond Huntley, Colin Gordon
Roles McKechnie
Rating70%
Freelance assassin Hawkins (Sim) has plans to blow up Sir Gregory Upshott, a Cabinet minister (Huntley) when the latter is discovered to be having an affair, about to be consummated at the Green Man Hotel. However his plans are accidentally uncovered and foiled by vacuum cleaner salesman Blake (Cole) who forges an unlikely alliance with Ann (Adams), engaged to be married to a rather stuffy BBC announcer, Willoughby-Cruft (Gordon). The latter relationship breaks down when Willoughby-Cruft finds his fiancée under their bed with Blake and later, in her lingerie, accidentally entangled on the floor with him. As such, there are some romantic (and not-at-all romantic) interludes and Hawkins briefly has the task of trying to deal with Upshott's secretary, a friendly policeman, and prepare his bomb at the same time.
Simba (1955)
, 1h39Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Donald Sinden, Basil Sydney, Marie Ney, Joseph Tomelty
Roles Settler
Rating61%
Alan Howard (Dirk Bogarde) visits Kenya to see his brother, who he discovers has been murdered by Mau Mau.
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
, 1h35Directed by Basil Dearden, Michael Leighton George Relph
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors George Baker, Richard Attenborough, Bill Owen, Virginia McKenna, Roland Culver, Bernard Lee
Roles Raines
Rating66%
The 1087 is a British Royal Navy motor gun boat that faithfully sees its crew through the worst that World War II can throw at them. After the end of the war, George Hoskins (Richard Attenborough) convinces former skipper Bill Randall (George Baker) and Birdie (Bill Owen) to buy their beloved boat and use it for some harmless, minor smuggling of black market items like wine. But they find themselves transporting ever more sinister cargoes; counterfeit currency and weapons. Though their craft had been utterly reliable and never let them down in wartime, it begins to break down frequently, as if ashamed of its current use. The crew revolt when they are used in the escape of a child murderer and (probable) paedophile.
One Way Out (1955)
, 1h1Directed by Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jill Adams, Eddie Byrne, Lyndon Brook, John Chandos, Ian Wilson, Samuel John Kydd
Roles Danvers
Rating60%
Superintendent Harcourt is on the verge of retiring from the police force and in his final case, seeks to put away Danvers, a ruthless fence. Danvers however, tries to buy off Harcourt, and when this fails, attempts to implicate the Superintendent's daughter Shirley in a bank robbery. Danvers uses another crook Leslie Parrish, to blackmail Harcourt to drop the case against him. When the Superintendent retires, he decides to pursue Danvers as a civilian.
Carrington V.C. (1954)
, 1h46Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Allan Cuthbertson, Victor Maddern, Geoffrey Keen, Maurice Denham
Roles Adjutant John Rawlinson
Rating68%
Major Charles 'Copper' Carrington (David Niven), who has a distinguished World War II record and was awarded the Victoria Cross, is arrested for embezzling £125 from his unit's safe. Other charges include leaving the base and entertaining a woman officer in his room, this being forbidden by the base commander Colonel Henniker (Allan Cuthbertson).
The Love Lottery (1954)
, 1h29Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors David Niven, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon, Charles Victor, Gordon Jackson
Roles Gulliver Kee
Rating55%
A celluloid heart-throb, who is haunted by dreams and hounded by fans, is coerced into taking part in a lottery to find a wife.
The Million Pound Note (1954)
, 1h30Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Gregory Peck, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell, Jane Griffiths, Bryan Forbes
Roles 2nd Businessman at Bumbles Hotel
Rating67%
In 1903, American seaman Henry Adams (Gregory Peck) is stranded penniless in England and gets caught up in an unusual wager between two wealthy, eccentric brothers, Oliver (Ronald Squire) and Roderick Montpelier (Wilfrid Hyde-White). They persuade the Bank of England to issue a one million pound banknote, which they present to Adams in an envelope (only telling him that it contains some money). The reason for this is that Oliver believes that the mere existence of the note will enable the possessor to obtain whatever he needs, while Roderick contends that it would actually have to be spent for it to be of any use.
The Long Memory (1953)
, 1h36Directed by Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Martin Harvey, John Chandos
Roles Boyd
Rating69%
The protagonist, Davidson (John Mills), visits the boat of Captain Driver to ask permission to marry his daughter Fay. Aboard, he finds himself involved in a fight over the criminal activities of Boyd, a people trafficker with whom the Drivers are associated. The boat catches fire, and subsequent investigation finds aboard a charred corpse, Boyd having gone missing. The corpse is actually a client Boyd killed, but to cover up their involvement, the Drivers and another associate, Tim Pewsey, perjure themselves by claiming there was no other man present. This leads to the identification of the corpse as Boyd and to Davidson's conviction for his murder. He spends 12 years in prison.
36 Hours (1953)
, 1h23Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dan Duryea, Eric Pohlmann, Gudrun Ure, John Chandos, Kenneth Griffith, Jane Carr
Roles Orville Hart
Rating59%
Bill Rogers (Dan Duryea), an American jet pilot, comes to England to find out why he hasn't heard from his wife lately. Upon his arrival, he learns that his wife has been murdered, and that he's the prime suspect. With only 36 hours at his disposal, Rogers takes it upon himself to track down the actual killer.
Secret People (1952)
, 1h36Directed by Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani, Charles Goldner, Megs Jenkins, Reginald Tate
Roles John
Rating61%
In 1930, Maria Brentano (Valentina Cortese) and her younger sister Nora (Audrey Hepburn) flee to London as their father is about to executed by his country's dictator. Seven years later, Maria unexpectedly meets Louis (Serge Reggiani), her childhood sweetheart, who is engaged in a plot to assassinate the dictator. Maria is persuaded to play an active part in the plan, but it all goes horribly wrong when the bomb they plant kills an innocent waitress, causing Maria much distress.