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Joss Ambler is a Actor Australien born on 23 june 1900 at Melbourne (Australie)
Joss Ambler (23 June 1900 – 1959) was an Australian-born British film and television actor.
He usually played somewhat pompous and irascible figures of authority, excelling in comedy films. He was an effective foil to George Formby in both Trouble Brewing (as Lord Redhill) and Come On George! (as Sir Charles), and similarly to Will Hay in The Black Sheep of Whitehall, (as a government minister).
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Joss Ambler
Nationality Australie
Birth 23 june 1900 at Melbourne (Australie)
Death 1 january 1959 (at 58 years) at Kensington (United-kingdom)
Birth 23 june 1900 at Melbourne (Australie)
Death 1 january 1959 (at 58 years) at Kensington (United-kingdom)
He usually played somewhat pompous and irascible figures of authority, excelling in comedy films. He was an effective foil to George Formby in both Trouble Brewing (as Lord Redhill) and Come On George! (as Sir Charles), and similarly to Will Hay in The Black Sheep of Whitehall, (as a government minister).
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The Big Money (1958)
, 1h26Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Phillips, James Hayter
Roles Hobson
Rating55%
Ian Carmichael as Willie is the bad seed of a family of thieves (father James Hayter, mother Kathleen Harrison, and sister, Jill Ireland). One day he heists a briefcase from a dodgy clergyman (Robert Helpmann) which is full of pound notes. Unfortunately, the notes all have the same serial number!
The Long Arm (1956)
, 1h36Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison, Samuel John Kydd, Glyn Houston, Richard Leech
Roles Cashier at Shipping Office
Rating69%
When police respond to a burglar alarm they find nothing amiss after meeting the nightwatchman who allowed them to search the premises. However the next day the safe, having been opened with a key, is found empty. Supt Tom Halliday (Jack Hawkins) and his new Detective Sergeant, Ward (John Stratton), begin searching for the fraudulent nightwatchman.
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 Bateman
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.
Spin a Dark Web (1956)
, 1h16Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson, Martin Benson, Robert Arden, Joss Ambler
Roles Tom Walker
Rating60%
Jim Bankley (Patterson) a Canadian veteran living in London, is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He falls in love with Bella Francesi (Domergue), sister of local Sicilian mob leader Rico Francesi (Benson), and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang - but things don't turn out the way he planned.
Dead by Morning (1955)
, 1h8Directed by Leslie Arliss
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Joss Ambler, A. E. Matthews
Roles Inspector Thorne
Rating55%
A novelist (Patrick Holt) and his wife (Diana Dors) are sleeping peacefully in their new cottage when a mysterious lady (Cicely Courtneidge) arrives, apparently stranded in a storm. She hands the writer her gun, and some jewellery, and asks for a bed for the night. Unfortunately, someone shoots her during the night and the author is accused of the crime. He is forced to turn detective to defend himself.
John Wesley (1954)
Directed by Norman Walker
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Leonard Sachs, Keith Pyott, John Witty, John Slater, Joss Ambler, Andrew Cruickshank
Roles Georgia Trustee
Rating68%
Background (1953)
, 1h23Directed by Daniel Birt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Valerie Hobson, Philip Friend, Norman Wooland, Janette Scott, Mandy Miller, Jeremy Spenser
Roles Judge
Rating60%
John and Barbie Lomax (Friend and Hobson) have been married for almost 20 years, but the marriage has seemingly reached breaking point. After leaving the army, John has been working hard on making a career for himself as a barrister, which takes up all of his time and attention, leaving him exhausted and irritable. He acts intolerantly and dismissively towards Barbie and their three children, and the marital relationship comes under intolerable strain as the couple argue, bicker and snipe constantly at each other. Realising that the poisoned atmosphere is not good for the children to experience, they agree that in the circumstances divorce is the lesser evil.
Ghost Ship (1952)
, 1h14Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hazel Court, Dermot Walsh, Hugh Burden, John Robinson, Joss Ambler, Joss Ackland
Roles Yacht Port Manager
Rating53%
A newlywed couple decide to buy an old yacht "The Cyclops", and fix it up as their home. Soon after the purchase they begin to hear rumours about the ship's dark past. At first they do not believe the rumours; that is, until they start to experience some unexplained ghostly events for themselves. They then hire paranormal investigator, Dr. Fawcett (Hugh Burden) and his medium, Mrs. Manley (Mignon O'Doherty) to determine if there are ghosts on the ship. The paranormal investigator uncovers the murders of the former yacht owner's wife and her lover. He also discovers that the bodies were hidden somewhere on board the yacht. The medium spiritually intervenes and rids the yacht of the haunting spirit.
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 Mr. Burton, the auctioneer
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.
Who Goes There! (1952)
, 1h25Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson, George Cole, Peggy Cummins, A. E. Matthews, Anthony Bushell
Roles Guide
Rating54%
Her Favourite Husband (1950)
, 1h19Directed by Marino Girolami, Mario Soldati
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Gordon Harker, Margaret Rutherford, Max Adrian, Rona Anderson
Roles Mr. Wilson
Rating59%
Mild mannered Italian bank clerk Antonio, much dominated by his English wife Dorothy, is the double of Leo L'Americano, a local gangster. The gangster kidnaps Antonio and takes his place as husband in the family, to give him cover for a big bank robbery, which he plans to pin on Antonio. Farcical confusions ensue.
The Magnet (1950)
, 1h19Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors James Fox, Kay Walsh, Meredith Edwards, Dame Thora Hird, Wylie Watson, Anthony Oliver
Roles Businessman
Rating67%
Johnny Brent (Fox), home from school during a scarlet fever outbreak, manages to con a younger boy out of a magnet by trading it for an "invisible watch". The other boy's nanny accuses Johnny of stealing, which makes Johnny feel guilty. He runs away from home. After an older boy uses the magnet to cheat at pinball and Johnny is implicated, Johnny tries to get rid of the magnet. He meets an eccentric iron lung maker who is raising funds for the local hospital, and gives him the magnet to be auctioned for charity. The iron lung maker tells the story of the magnet at various fund-raising events, exaggerating wildly and portraying Johnny as everything from a spoiled brat to a Dickensian ragamuffin.
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
, 1h48Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Burgess Meredith, Dulcie Gray, Michael Shepley, Christine Norden, Kieron Moore, Walter Fitzgerald
Roles Julian Briant
Rating66%
Felix Milne (Meredith) is an overworked psychologist with psychological problems of his own. Molly Lucian has a husband traumatized from having been in a Japanese POW camp, and she needs Milne's help in treating her husband, Adam. Adam is about to become severely schizophrenic. To make matters worse, Felix finds his own home life deteriorating.
The Years Between (1946)
, 1h28Directed by Compton Bennett
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson, Felix Aylmer, Dulcie Gray, Edward Rigby
Roles Atherton
Rating66%
The film charts the homecoming of a British MI6 officer, who had been working with the French Resistance and was presumed dead. His wife is about to marry again, and to become an MP, and all must now readjust to the new situation.
They Were Sisters (1945)
, 1h55Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Dulcie Gray, Anne Crawford, Thorley Walters, Hugh Sinclair
Roles Blakemore
Rating67%
The film focuses on the lives of three sisters; Lucy (Phyllis Calvert), Charlotte (Dulcie Gray) and Vera (Anne Crawford). The film opens at a dance in 1919, establishing the personalities of the four main protagonists and following them through courtship and marriage. While the sisters have remained close to one another over the years, both their characters and the paths down which their lives have travelled are very different. Lucy is the most stable of the three, a sensible and practical woman in a happy marriage, whose greatest sadness in life is her inability to have children which she sublimates by lavishing affection on her nephews and nieces. Vera is married with a child but the relationship is humdrum and loveless and she is restless and bored with her dreary home life, indulging her appetite for adventure and excitement through a series of flirtations with other men which sometimes go beyond the bounds of the socially acceptable towards the promiscuous. Charlotte is a cowed, fearful and flinching drudge, suffering severe physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her manipulative, brutal husband Geoffrey (James Mason), who constantly belittles and humiliates her in front of their three children.