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H. B. Warner is a Actor British born on 25 october 1875 at London (United-kingdom)
H. B. Warner (26 October 1875 – 21 December 1958) was an English film and theatre actor. He was a popular theatre and film actor during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in The King of Kings. In later years he worked as a respected supporting actor, notably in Frank Capra's films.
Warner has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6600 Hollywood Blvd.
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Birth name Henry Byron Warner
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 october 1875 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 21 december 1958 (at 83 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 october 1875 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 21 december 1958 (at 83 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
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Warner was married twice, first to the former Mrs. F.R. Hamlin who died in 1914 and from 1915 until 1933 to Marguerite L. 'Rita' Stanwood. On 21 December 1958 Warner died in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack, and is buried in the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles, California.Warner has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6600 Hollywood Blvd.
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Darby's Rangers (1958)
, 2h1Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors James Garner, Jack Warden, Stuart Whitman, Etchika Choureau, Edd Byrnes, Venetia Stevenson
Rating62%
The US Army has decided to form an elite strike force similar to the British Commandos. Major William Darby (James Garner), a staff officer, gets command of the 1st Ranger Battalion, to be formed entirely from volunteers.On June 19, 1942 the 1st Ranger Battalion was sanctioned, recruited, and began training in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. Darby and Master Sergeant Saul Rosen (Jack Warden), who also narrates the film, select a variety of men for training in Scotland by British Commando veterans. Darby tells his men that the Commandos are the best soldiers in the world, but in time they (the Rangers) will be. The Americans are quartered in Scottish homes and several of the Rangers pair off with local lassies: Rollo Burns (Peter Brown) with Peggy McTavish (Venetia Stevenson), the daughter of the fearsome but humorous Scottish Commando instructor, Sergeant McTavish (Torin Thatcher), and vagabond Hank Bishop (Stuart Whitman) with the proper Wendy Hollister (Joan Elan).
The Ten Commandments (1956)
, 3h42Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Action, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about religion, La précarité, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, L'émigration
Actors Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget
Roles Amminadab
Rating78%
Pharaoh Rameses I of Egypt has ordered the death of all firstborn Hebrew males after hearing the prophecy of the Deliverer, but a Hebrew woman named Yoshebel saves her infant son by setting him adrift in a basket on the Nile. Bithiah, the Pharaoh's daughter, who had recently lost her husband and the hope of ever having children of her own, finds the basket and decides to adopt the boy even though her servant, Memnet, recognizes the child is Hebrew and protests.
Journey Into Light (1951)
, 1h27Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lindfors, Thomas Mitchell, Ludwig Donath, H. B. Warner, Jane Darwell
Roles Wiz, the Wino
Rating62%
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide.
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
, 1h53Directed by Elliott Nugent, Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith, James Barton, Franchot Tone, Ethel Barrymore
Roles Uncle Elihu
Rating62%
Newspaper reporter Pete (Bing Crosby) works in a Paris orphanage. His charming way with children and music enables him to find homes for even the most troubled kids. One afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey (Alan Reed and Minna Gombell), an American couple, come to the orphanage to adopt Bobby, a boy they saw in one of the ads Pete ran in his newspaper. Bobby misbehaves, but when Pete discovers that Mr. Godfrey plays for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he quickly produces a young blind opera wunderkind, Theresa (Anna Maria Alberghetti), who sings her way into the Godfreys' hearts.
The First Legion (1951)
, 1h26Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Charles Boyer, William Demarest, Lyle Bettger, Walter Hampden, Barbara Rush, Wesley Addy
Roles Father José Sierra
Rating64%
This script must be run from the command line
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
, 1h50Directed by Billy Wilder, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Films about psychiatry
Actors William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Fred Clark
Roles H.B. Warner
Rating83%
At a Sunset Boulevard mansion, the body of Joe Gillis floats in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death.
El Paso (1949)
, 1h43Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Payne, Eduardo Noriega, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dick Foran
Roles Judge Fletcher
Rating58%
Clay Fletcher is leaving South Carolina and heading west. A rebel officer during the Civil War and also a lawyer, he wants to ease back into law practice with something not too difficult, so he travels to El Paso, Texas with estate documents to get the signature of an attorney there, Henry Jeffers.
Hellfire (1949)
, 1h30Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Marie Windsor, Wild Bill Elliott, Forrest Tucker, Jim Davis, H. B. Warner, Paul Fix
Roles Brother Joseph
Rating66%
Drifting gambler Zeb Smith promises a dying preacher who saved his life that he'll fulfill the preacher's lifelong goal to build a church.
The Prince Of Thieves (1948)
, 1h11Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Jon Hall, Patricia Morison, Adele Jergens, Alan Mowbray, H. B. Warner, Robin Raymond
Roles Gilbert Head
Rating53%
After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England Sir Allan Claire is returning home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian Claire, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognising a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is to be married to another against her will in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.
The Prince Of Thieves (1948)
, 1h12Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Jon Hall, Patricia Morison, Adele Jergens, Alan Mowbray, H. B. Warner, Lowell Gilmore
Roles Gilbert Head
Rating53%
Messire Allan Claire de retour des croisades où il a côtoyé le Roi Richard est sur le point d'épouser Lady Christabel. Alors qu'il traverse la Forêt de Sherwood avec sa soeur Lady Marian, il est attaqué par Robin des Bois et ses compagnons. Ce dernier reconnaît le noble seigneur et décide de l'aider à délivrer Lady Christabel. En effet, pour des raisons politiques, elle est promise à un autre seigneur avide de pouvoir et de la fortune du père de Christabel.
High Wall (1947)
, 1h39Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick, H. B. Warner, Warner Anderson
Roles Mr. Slocum
Rating68%
Steven Kenet catches his unfaithful wife in the apartment of Willard I. Whitcombe, her boss, and apparently strangles her. Believing he killed her, he attempts to commit suicide by driving his car into the river, even though they have a 6-year-old son. Kenet survives but is sent to the county psychiatric hospital for evaluation to determine if he is sane enough to be charged with murder. He has no memory of what happened, likely due to a pre-existing brain injury from the war.
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ann Sothern, George Tobias, Alexander Knox, Sharyn Moffett, Florence Bates, Frieda Inescort
Roles Chief Justice Hayes
Rating67%
Circa late ‘40’s. Boston (and, it’s always winter there) Judge Thomas Bailey is bored with his job as a probate judge and appears to be just going through the motions as he decides in a case against a mother for custody of her child in favor of the child’s more conservative grandfather.
Driftwood (1947)
, 1h28Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Ruth Warrick, Walter Brennan, Dean Jagger, Charlotte Greenwood, Natalie Wood, Jerome Cowan
Roles Rev. Hollingsworth
Rating69%
Peu après le décès de son vieux tuteur, Jenny, une jeune orpheline, adopte un chien rescapé d'un accident d'avion. Mais à qui confier cette jeune fille et son chien ? Ce dernier va s'avérer être très utile à la communauté et Jenny va trouver des parents d'adoption.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
, 2h10Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about angels, Alternate history films
Actors James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Mr. Gower
Rating85%
In Bedford Falls, New York, on Christmas Eve 1945, George Bailey is suicidal. Prayers for him reach Heaven. Clarence Odbody, Angel 2nd Class, is assigned to save George in order to earn his angel wings. To prepare Clarence, his superior Joseph shows flashbacks of George's life.
Strange Impersonation (1946)
, 1h8Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Brenda Marshall, William Gargan, Hillary Brooke, George Chandler, Ruth Ford, Lyle Talbot
Roles Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon
Rating62%
A disfigured woman scientist undergoes plastic surgery and then assumes the identity of a dead blackmailer.