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Brown Derby

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Birth 5 may 1914
Death 17 july 2000 (at 86 years)

Brown Derby (5 May 1914 – 17 July 2000) was a Scottish film and television actor. He made his film debut as Edith Evans's footman in Thorold Dickinson's classic The Queen of Spades (1949). Derby had a regular role as Scott-Erskine in the BBC's The Omega Factor, and also starred in Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Z-Cars, The Saint, Sutherland's Law, Play for Today, and many other British television shows.

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Filmography of Brown Derby (4 films)

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X the Unknown
X the Unknown (1956)
, 1h21
Directed by Joseph Losey, Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Dean Jagger, Leo McKern, Edward Chapman, Anthony Newley, Jameson Clark, William Lucas
Roles The Vicar
Rating60% 3.0497053.0497053.0497053.0497053.049705
The film takes place in the Lochmouth region of Scotland, near Glasgow. A group of soldiers are taking turns using a Geiger counter to find a small and harmless hidden source of radioactivity in a wide pit area. Private Lansing (Kenneth Cope) finds another mysterious source of radiation where ground water starts to boil. As the other soldiers begin to run, there is an explosion. Lansing, who was closest to the explosion, dies of radiation burns while another soldier has bad radiation burns to his back. At the site of the explosion, there is a Y-shaped crack in the ground with no apparent bottom. Dr. Royston (Dean Jagger), from a nearby Atomic Energy Laboratory at Lochmouth, is called in to investigate, along with Inspector McGill (Leo McKern), who runs security at the UK Atomic Energy Commission.
They Can't Hang Me
They Can't Hang Me (1955)
, 1h15
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Terence Morgan, Yolande Donlan, André Morell, Anthony Oliver, Reginald Beckwith, Ursula Howells
Roles Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9093452.9093452.9093452.9093452.909345
A senior civil servant, Pitt (Morell) has been convicted of a murder and sentenced to death. Days before his execution, Pitt reveals that he has been passing on top secret information to an agent of a foreign power and offers to reveal the identity of his handler in exchange for a reprieve. With only five days before Pitt's execution, debonair Special Branch Inspector Ralph Brown (Morgan) takes on the task of identifying the spy before he flees the country.
The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades (1949)
, 1h35
Directed by Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Mary Jerrold, Anthony Dawson
Roles The Countess's Footman
Rating70% 3.5412453.5412453.5412453.5412453.541245
Captain Herman Suvorin (Anton Walbrook) is a Russian soldier in St Petersburg in 1806. He comes from a working class background, and is consequently spurned by his wealthier fellow officers. Suvorin begins gambling, playing the card game Faro. He is told of an aged countess (Edith Evans), who allegedly sold her soul to the devil in exchange for success in playing Faro. Suvorin seduces her ward (Yvonne Mitchell) as part of a plan to learn the countess's secret of success.