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Mark Daly is a Actor born on 22 august 1887
Mark Daly (1887–1957) was a British film actor.
Daly was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 23 August 1887, making his first stage appearance in Swansea, Wales in 1906. Six years later, in 1912, he made his first London stage appearance at the Shaftesbury Theatre. For three years he was the principal comedian at The Fred Karno Company, a collection of comedians who worked in both British variety and American Vaudeville. Other "Karno Comedians" included Charlie Chaplin and Billie Ritchie. During his time as an actor Daly took part in excess of 25 motion pictures before his death on 27 September 1957 in England.
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Birth 22 august 1887
Death 27 september 1957 (at 70 years)
Death 27 september 1957 (at 70 years)
Daly was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 23 August 1887, making his first stage appearance in Swansea, Wales in 1906. Six years later, in 1912, he made his first London stage appearance at the Shaftesbury Theatre. For three years he was the principal comedian at The Fred Karno Company, a collection of comedians who worked in both British variety and American Vaudeville. Other "Karno Comedians" included Charlie Chaplin and Billie Ritchie. During his time as an actor Daly took part in excess of 25 motion pictures before his death on 27 September 1957 in England.
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The Shiralee (1957)
, 1h39Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Peter Finch, Elizabeth Sellars, Rebecca Smart, George Rose, Bryan Brown, Rosemary Harris
Roles Sam
Rating66%
An itinerant rural worker named Macauley —sometimes described as a "swagman" or "swaggie"—suddenly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. Having returned from "walkabout", he finds his wife entwined in the arms of another, and so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. The child is the "shiralee", an Irish or Aboriginal word meaning "swag", or metaphorically, a "burden."[1]
The Tommy Steele Story (1957)
, 1h10Directed by Gerard Bryant
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Tommy Steele, Tommy Eytle, Hilda Fenemore, Cyril Chamberlain, Bryan Coleman, Lisa Daniely
Roles Junkshop Man (uncredited)
Rating55%
Tommy Steele lives with his mother and father in their London home. He works with a bellboy until he injures his spine doing judo. In hospital he is given a guitar to help with his therapy and he starts to play to entertain patients and staff. He works on an ocean liner, performing in his spare time, and gets a job playing in a coffee bar. He is popular with audiences and gets a recording contract.
You Pay Your Money (1957)
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton, Honor Blackman, Ivan Samson, Ferdy Mayne, Shirley Deane
Roles Goodwin
Rating51%
The Gelignite Gang (1956)
, 1h15Directed by Terence Fisher, Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne, Patrick Holt, Eric Pohlmann, Arthur Young, Hugh Miller
Roles 1st Watchman
Rating58%
À Londres, Jimmy Baxter, un détective américain, est embauché par des sociétés d'assurances pour trouver "Mr. G", le chef d'un gang de perceurs de coffres-forts connu sous le nom du "gang de la gelignite". Jimmy accepte le cas, malgré les conseils de son associé anglais John Rutherford, qui le prévient que l'affaire est très dangereuse. Sally Morton, la secrétaire de Jimmy, va découvrir des éléments qui vont l'aider à résoudre l'affaire.
The Feminine Touch (1956)
, 1h31Directed by Pat Jackson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors George Baker, Belinda Lee, Delphi Lawrence, Adrienne Corri, Diana Wynyard, Beatrice Varley
Roles Gardener (uncredited)
Rating58%
The film follows five very different student nurses during their first year of training at a NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) Ann is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
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
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.
The Delavine Affair (1955)
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Honor Blackman, Gordon Jackson, Michael Balfour, Laurie Main, Katie Johnson, Peter Swanwick
Roles Fred Bissett
Rating55%
Lease of Life (1954)
, 1h34Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Donat, Adrienne Corri, Kay Walsh, Denholm Elliott, Walter Fitzgerald, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Spooner
Rating67%
William Thorne (Robert Donat) is the vicar of the village of Hinton St. John, living with wife Vera (Kay Walsh) and daughter Susan (Adrienne Corri), an exceptionally gifted pianist. Although the focus of the local community, the Thornes live a life of having to struggle and scrimp to make ends meet financially. Vera is a typical clergy wife, having to sublimate her own needs and desires to the exigencies of her husband's career, as a result tending to live life vicariously through her daughter, whose musical gifts she is determined must not be wasted.
The Card (1952)
, 1h31Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Alec Guinness, Petula Clark, Valerie Hobson, Glynis Johns, Edward Chapman, Joan Hickson
Roles Lord Mayor (uncredited)
Rating70%
The film follows the adventures and misadventures of Edward Henry (Denry) Machin, an ambitious young man from a poor background.
Naughty Arlette (1949)
, 1h20Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education
Actors Hugh Williams, Mai Zetterling, Petula Clark, Margot Grahame, Carol Marsh, Raymond Lovell
Roles Withers
Rating59%
The Next of Kin (1942)
, 1h42Directed by Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Mervyn Johns, Nova Pilbeam, John Chandos, Jack Hawkins, Reginald Tate, Basil Sydney
Roles Corporal on Train (uncredited)
Rating67%
The British army is preparing an attack on a German-held French port. German intelligence use agents in England to discover the intended target by piecing together information from different sources, including conversations overheard in pubs, railway stations, shops and other public places.
The Farmer's Wife (1941)
, 1h21Directed by Leslie Arliss, Norman Lee
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne, Patricia Roc, Michael Wilding, Enid Stamp Taylor
Roles P. C. Chave
Rating60%
Contraband (1940)
, 1h32Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Thriller, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Joss Ambler, Raymond Lovell, Esmond Knight, Charles Victor
Roles Taxi Driver
Rating68%
It is November 1939: the Phoney War-stage of the World War II. Denmark is still neutral, but (Danish) Captain Andersen (Conrad Veidt) and his freighter Helvig are stopped in the English Channel by Lt. Commanders Ashton (Joss Ambler) and Ellis (Harold Warrender) for a cargo inspection in a British Contraband Control Port.
Girl in the News (1940)
, 1h18Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes, Emlyn Williams, Roger Livesey, Basil Radford, Margaretta Scott
Roles Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Rating67%
When her elderly patient is poisoned, innocent nurse Anne Graham is charged with murder, but is controversially acquitted by lawyer Stephen Farringdon. With the press and public opinion against her, Anne finds it difficult to get another job. It doesn't help that her own lawyer is suspicious. Changing her name she finds employment nursing wheelchair bound Edward Bentley. When Bentley is found dead, Scotland Yard detective Bill Mather arrests Anne, but lawyer Farringdon fights again to prove her innocence.
Hoots Mon (1940)
, 1h17Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Max Miller, Florence Desmond, Hal Walters, Davina Craig, Garry Marsh, Gordon McLeod
Roles Campbell
Rating60%