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Henry Edwards is a Actor, Director, Writer and Producer British born on 18 september 1882 at Weston-super-Mare (United-kingdom)
Henry Edwards (18 September 1882 – 2 November 1952) was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937. Edwards was married to actress Chrissie White, who co-starred in a number of his films.
He was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and died in Chobham, Surrey.
Il obtient son premier rôle au cinéma en 1914 dans le court-métrage Clancarty de Harold M. Shaw. Les réalisateurs américains Laurence Trimble et Cecil Hepworth font rapidement appel à lui en tant qu'acteur et scénariste. En 1915, il réalise son premier film A Welsh Singer adapté d'un roman de Allen Raine.
En 1928, il devient co-directeur des Twickenham Film Studios avec Leslie S. Hiscott et Julius Hagen.
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Henry Edwards
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 september 1882 at Weston-super-Mare (United-kingdom)
Death 2 november 1952 (at 70 years) at Chobham (United-kingdom)
Birth 18 september 1882 at Weston-super-Mare (United-kingdom)
Death 2 november 1952 (at 70 years) at Chobham (United-kingdom)
He was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and died in Chobham, Surrey.
Biography
Henry Edwards monte la première fois sur les planches en province vers 1900, puis rejoint les théâtres du West End de Londres en 1911. En 1913, il se retrouve à jouer face à Ethel Barrymore à New York.Il obtient son premier rôle au cinéma en 1914 dans le court-métrage Clancarty de Harold M. Shaw. Les réalisateurs américains Laurence Trimble et Cecil Hepworth font rapidement appel à lui en tant qu'acteur et scénariste. En 1915, il réalise son premier film A Welsh Singer adapté d'un roman de Allen Raine.
En 1928, il devient co-directeur des Twickenham Film Studios avec Leslie S. Hiscott et Julius Hagen.
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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 Judge (uncredited)
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.
The Magic Box (1952)
, 1h58Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell, Robert Beatty, Margaret Rutherford, Janette Scott
Roles Fox Talbot's Butler
Rating69%
In 1921, William Friese-Greene, in dire financial straits and separated from his wife, but still working, attends a film conference in London. He is saddened that all the attendees are businessmen interested only in moneymaking. He attempts to speak, but no-one is interested and he sits down. He thinks back to his early pioneering days.
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 Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)
Rating69%
The film follows the adventures and misadventures of Edward Henry (Denry) Machin, an ambitious young man from a poor background.
Never Look Back (1952)
, 1h13Directed by Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Rosamund John, Guy Middleton, Hugh Sinclair, Henry Edwards, Terence Longdon, Brenda De Banzie
Roles Geoffrey Whitcomb
Rating63%
Something Money Can't Buy (1952)
, 1h23Directed by Pat Jackson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Anthony Steel, Patricia Roc, Moira Lister, A. E. Matthews, David Hutcheson, Michael Trubshawe
Roles Gerald Forbes
Rating59%
Harry and Anne Wilding return to civilian life after service in the army. They have trouble readjusting, and Harry eventually quits his council job and goes into business, selling food from a mobile canteen. Anne becomes jealous of the daughter of Harry's backer. Anne gives up her job to concentrate on her marriage.
Trent's Last Case (1952)
, 1h30Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, John McCallum, Miles Malleson, Hugh McDermott
Roles Coroner
Rating59%
A major international financier is found dead at his Hampshire home. The Record newspaper assigns its leading investigative reporter, Phillip Trent, to the case. In spite of the police cordon, he manages to gain entry to the house by posing as a relative. While there he manages to pick up some of the background to the case from Inspector Murch, the Irish detective leading the investigation. Despite Murch's suggestion that the death is suicide, Trent quickly becomes convinced that it was in fact murder.
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
, 1h50Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Felix Aylmer, Arthur Young, Edwin Styles, Rosalie Crutchley
Roles Howard Russell
Rating63%
Illustrating the political complexities the hard-headed nurse had to battle in order to achieve sanitary medical conditions during the Crimean War. Opposed in the uppermost circles of British government because she is "merely" a woman, Florence Nightingale is championed by the Hon. Sidney Herbert (Michael Wilding), minister of war. Herbert pulls strings to allow Nightingale and her nursing staff access to battlefield hospitals, and in so doing changes the course of medical history.
White Corridors (1951)
, 1h42Directed by Pat Jackson
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Googie Withers, James Donald, Godfrey Tearle, Petula Clark, Jean Anderson, Timothy Bateson
Roles Phillip Brewster
Rating70%
The day-to-day life of the staff and patients at a city hospital.
The Rossiter Case (1951)
Directed by Francis Searle
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Sheila Burrell, Frederick Leister, Henry Edwards, Gabrielle Blunt, Stanley Baker, Ewen Solon
Roles Dr. Bendix
Rating59%
Madeleine (1950)
, 1h54Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Actors Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks, Barbara Everest, Susan Stranks
Roles Clerk of the Court
Rating68%
The film dramatizes events leading up to the 1857 trial of an otherwise-respectable young woman, Madeleine Smith (Ann Todd), for the murder of her draper's-assistant lover, Emile L'Angelier (Ivan Desny). The trial produced the uniquely Scottish verdict of "not proven", which left Madeleine a free woman.
Double Confession (1950)
, 1h20Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Derek Farr, Peter Lorre, William Hartnell, Naunton Wayne, Ronald Howard, Kathleen Harrison
Roles Man in the Shelter
Rating63%
Jim Medway découvre sa femme étranglée et cherche à faire incriminer un homme d'affaires peu scrupuleux, Charlie Durham. Paynter, l'homme de main de Durham, tente de faire le ménage.
Trio (1950)
, 1h31Directed by Ken Annakin, Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie
Roles Church Warden
Rating70%
The new vicar (Michael Hordern) of St. Peter's Church is astonished to learn that the long-serving verger, Albert Foreman (James Hayter), is illiterate. When Foreman refuses to learn to read, the vicar feels he has no choice but to fire him.
All Over the Town (1949)
, 1h23Directed by Derek N. Twist
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Norman Wooland, Sarah Churchill, Cyril Cusack, Ronald Adam, Bryan Forbes, James Hayter
Roles Major Martindale
Rating65%
After serving in the RAF during the Second World War, Nat Hearn (Norman Wooland) returns to his prewar job as a reporter on the Tormouth Clarion. He is now working alongside Sally Thorpe (Sarah Churchill), who had taken his job when he enlisted. Later, Nat becomes the owner of the paper, but his employees strike, disagreeing with Nat's stance on Tormouth's housing scheme. The town supports Nat in the dispute.
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
, 1h31Directed by Thornton Freeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Cecil Parker, Dirk Bogarde, Hermione Baddeley, Sheila Sim, Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott
Roles Sir Digby Bunce
Rating60%
A civil servant who is extremely frugal with the government's money, suddenly inherits a large fortune and becomes a spendthrift.
Oliver Twist (1948)
, 1h56Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Melodrama
Themes Films about children, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, John Howard Davies, Kay Walsh, Anthony Newley, Francis L. Sullivan
Roles Police Official
Rating77%
A young woman in labour makes her way to a parish workhouse and dies after giving birth to a boy, who is systematically named Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) by the workhouse authorities. As the years go by, Oliver and the rest of the child inmates suffer from the callous indifference of the officials in charge: beadle Mr. Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan) and matron Mrs. Corney (Mary Clare). At the age of nine, the hungry children draw straws; Oliver loses and has to ask for a second helping of gruel ("Please sir, I want some more").