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C.V. France is a Actor British born on 29 june 1868 at Bradford (United-kingdom)
Charles Vernon France (30 June 1865, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire – 13 April 1949, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire), usually credited as C. V. France, was a British actor.
Il apparaît pour la première fois au cinéma dans un court métrage muet sorti en 1910, adaptation de la pièce L'Oiseau bleu de Maurice Maeterlinck, avec Edward Rigby (qu'il interprète avec lui au théâtre dans le même temps). Après un deuxième film de 1924, il tourne épisodiquement de 1929 à 1944, contribuant en tout à seulement vingt-six films, majoritairement britanniques.
Citons The Skin Game d'Alfred Hitchcock (1931, avec Helen Haye), Le Roi des gueux de Frank Lloyd (film américain, 1938, avec Ronald Colman et Basil Rathbone), ou encore Train de nuit pour Munich de Carol Reed (1940, avec Margaret Lockwood et Rex Harrison).
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Birth name Charles Vernon France
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 june 1868 at Bradford (United-kingdom)
Death 13 april 1949 (at 80 years) at Gerrards Cross (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 june 1868 at Bradford (United-kingdom)
Death 13 april 1949 (at 80 years) at Gerrards Cross (United-kingdom)
Biography
C.V. France débute au théâtre, où il joue durant toute sa carrière, notamment à Londres. Parmi ses partenaires sur les planches, mentionnons Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen, Margaret Rutherford et Nora Swinburne.Il apparaît pour la première fois au cinéma dans un court métrage muet sorti en 1910, adaptation de la pièce L'Oiseau bleu de Maurice Maeterlinck, avec Edward Rigby (qu'il interprète avec lui au théâtre dans le même temps). Après un deuxième film de 1924, il tourne épisodiquement de 1929 à 1944, contribuant en tout à seulement vingt-six films, majoritairement britanniques.
Citons The Skin Game d'Alfred Hitchcock (1931, avec Helen Haye), Le Roi des gueux de Frank Lloyd (film américain, 1938, avec Ronald Colman et Basil Rathbone), ou encore Train de nuit pour Munich de Carol Reed (1940, avec Margaret Lockwood et Rex Harrison).
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Filmography of C.V. France (27 films)
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The Halfway House (1944)
, 1h35Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Françoise Rosay, Richard Bird, Tom Walls
Roles Mr Truscott - Solicitor
Rating65%
David Davies, un célèbre chef d'orchestre, apprend qu'il ne lui reste que trois mois à vivre et son médecin lui propose de faire un séjour à The Halfway House, un petit hôtel situé dans une partie isolée du Pays de Galles. Parallèlement, Richard French est également en route pour l'hôtel avec sa fille, Joanna, qui à son insu ses parents discuter de leur projet de divorce. À la gare, ils rencontrent un jeune couple, Terence et Margaret, et tous les quatre marchent ensemble jusqu'à l'hôtel. Se rendent également à l'hôtel William Oakley, un profiteur de guerre, et son ami le capitaine Fortesque, qui vient de refuser de travailler comme directeur de prison parce qu'il ne veut pas contribuer à l'effort de guerre.
It Happened One Sunday (1944)
, 1h37Directed by Karel Lamač
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Beatty, Marjorie Rhodes, Kathleen Harrison, Ernest Butcher, Moore Marriott, Judy Kelly
Roles Magistrate
Rating65%
Went the Day Well? (1942)
, 1h32Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Leslie Banks, Elizabeth Allan, Mervyn Johns, Basil Sydney, C.V. France, Marie Lohr
Roles The Vicar Ashton
Rating74%
The story is told in flashback by a villager, played by Mervyn Johns, as though to a person visiting after the war. He recounts: one Saturday during the Second World War, a group of seemingly authentic British soldiers arrive in the small, fictitious English village of Bramley End. It is the Whitsun weekend so life is even quieter than usual and there is almost no traffic of any kind. At first they are welcomed by the villagers, until doubts begin to grow about their true purpose and identity. After they are revealed to be German soldiers intended to form the vanguard of an invasion of Britain, they round up the residents and hold them captive in the local church. The vicar is shot after sounding the church bell in alarm.
Breach of Promise (1942)
Directed by Harold Huth
Genres Romance
Actors Clive Brook, Judy Campbell, C.V. France, George Merritt, David Horne, Charles Victor
Rating61%
Night Train to Munich (1940)
, 1h35Directed by Carol Reed, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Wyndham Goldie
Roles Admiral Hassinger
Rating71%
As German forces take over Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), a Czechoslovak scientist working on a new type of armour-plating, is flown to Britain. Bomasch's daughter, Anna (Margaret Lockwood), is arrested before she can reach the airport and sent to a concentration camp, where she is interrogated by Nazis who are after her father. Anna refuses to cooperate. Soon she is befriended by a fellow prisoner named Karl Marsen (Paul Henreid), who says he is a teacher imprisoned for his political views. Together they are able to escape and make their way to London. Anna does not know that Marsen is in fact a Gestapo agent assigned to gain her trust and locate her father.
Ten Days in Paris (1940)
, 1h22Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Rex Harrison, Kaaren Verne, C.V. France, Leo Genn, Joan Marion, Anthoney Holles
Roles General de Guermantes
Rating62%
Ten Days in Paris (1940)
, 1h22Directed by Tim Whelan
Genres Drama
Actors Rex Harrison, Kaaren Verne, C.V. France, Leo Genn, Joan Marion, John Abbott
Roles General de Guermantes
Rating62%
Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
, 1h24Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Nova Pilbeam, Edmund Gwenn, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, C.V. France, Peter Coke
Roles Tom Greenleaf
Rating59%
The film depicts the rivalry between two firms of brewers. Ironsides, a modern company led by the ruthless Edward Ironside and his son John, seeks territorial expansion to crush its rivals and seize control of their business. They are faced by the smaller, more gently run Greenleaf brewery which is about to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
, 1h42Directed by Jack Conway
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Sports films
Actors Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh, Edmund Gwenn, Griffith Jones
Roles Dean Snodgrass
Rating65%
A cocky American named Lee Sheridan (Robert Taylor) receives a scholarship to attend Cardinal College, Oxford University in 1937. At first, Lee is reluctant to go to the college owing to his father Dan's (Lionel Barrymore) limited income, but he finally does attend. Once in England, Lee brags about his athletic triumphs to Paul Beaumont (Griffith Jones), Wavertree (Robert Coote), and Ramsey (Peter Croft) on the train to Oxford. Annoyed, they trick Lee into getting off the train at the wrong stop. Lee, however, does make his way to Oxford where the students attempt to trick him again, this time into thinking that he is getting a grand reception. Seeing through the deception, he follows the prankster impersonating the Dean and after chasing him is thrown off and ends up kicking the real Dean of Cardinal (Edmund Gwenn) before retreating.
Strange Boarders (1938)
, 1h14Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Spy films
Actors Renée Saint-Cyr, Tom Walls, Googie Withers, Ronald Adam, C.V. France, Nina Boucicault
Roles Col. Lionel Anstruther
Rating68%
A seemingly innocuous and respectable elderly lady is knocked down and critically injured by a bus on a London street. When the police search her handbag to find out her identity, they are astonished to discover a series of top secret military blueprints. The secret service are alerted and arrive at the hospital to question her, but she laughs in their faces before quietly dying.
The Ware Case (1938)
, 1h19Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clive Brook, Jane Baxter, Barry K. Barnes, C.V. France, Francis L. Sullivan, Frank Cellier
Roles Judge
Rating62%
The jury looks back on events that lead to profligate baronet Sir Hubert Ware being tried for murder. His brother-in-law's corpse has been found floating in Sir Hubert's garden pond. The baronet is eventually found not guilty, but upon returning home, finds his lawyer is having an affair with his wife. In the ensuing argument, and on discovering his wife loves another man, Sir Hubert confesses his guilt and then makes a suicidal leap from a balcony.
If I Were King (1938)
, 1h41Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, C.V. France, Henry Wilcoxon
Roles Father Villon
Rating70%
King Louis XI of France (Basil Rathbone) is in desperate straits. He is besieged in Paris by the Burgundians and suspects that there is a traitor in his court. He goes in disguise to a tavern to see who accepts a message from the enemy. While there, he is amused by the antics of poet François Villon (Ronald Colman), who has stolen food from the royal storehouse. The rascal criticizes the king and brags about how much better he would do if he were in Louis' place.
Victoria the Great (1937)
, 1h52Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, Walter Rilla, H. B. Warner, Mary Morris, Felix Aylmer
Roles Archbishop of Canterburry
Rating62%
Broken Blossoms (1936)
, 1h18Directed by John Brahm
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Arthur Margetson, Emlyn Williams, Basil Radford, C.V. France, Gibb McLaughlin, Dolly Haas
Roles High Priest
Rating53%
A Chinese missionary comes to London where he works in the slums and helps a young girl being ill-treated by her abusive father.
Tudor Rose (1936)
, 1h18Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Cedric Hardwicke, Nova Pilbeam, John Mills, Felix Aylmer, Frank Cellier, Desmond Tester
Roles Clergy at Execution
Rating64%