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Leonard Willey

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Birth name Leonard Louis Willey
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 15 december 1882
Death 30 june 1964 (at 81 years)

Leonard (Louis) Willey est un acteur anglais, né le 15 décembre 1882 dans le Warwickshire — lieu à préciser (Angleterre, Royaume-Uni), mort le 30 juin 1964 à Los Angeles (Californie, États-Unis).

Biography

Au cinéma, Leonard Willey débute dans quatre films muets australiens sortis en 1912. Puis, installé définitivement aux États-Unis, il contribue à un premier film américain (son ultime muet) sorti en 1919.

Ultérieurement, il réapparaît au cinéma dans seulement onze films américains, depuis Le Prince et le Pauvre de William Keighley (1937, avec Errol Flynn et Claude Rains) jusqu'à Captives à Bornéo de Jean Negulesco (1950, avec Claudette Colbert et Patric Knowles). Dans l'intervalle, citons Les Aventures de Robin des Bois de Michael Curtiz et William Keighley (1938, avec Errol Flynn et Olivia de Havilland) et La Chanson du passé de George Stevens (son avant-dernier film, 1941, avec Irene Dunne et Cary Grant).

Au théâtre, Leonard Willey joue à Broadway (New York) dans seize pièces, entre 1915 et 1934. La dernière est Mary of Scotland de Maxwell Anderson, représentée 248 fois de novembre 1933 à juillet 1934 ; notons que cette pièce fera l'objet d'une adaptation au cinéma réalisée par John Ford, sortie en 1936 sous le même titre original — titre français : Marie Stuart —, où Katharine Hepburn personnifie Marie I d'Écosse (rôle tenu à Broadway par Helen Hayes).

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Filmography of Leonard Willey (10 films)

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Three Came Home
Three Came Home (1950)
, 1h40
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Political films, Women in prison films, Children's films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond, Sessue Hayakawa, Helen Westcott, Jerry Fujikawa
Roles Le gouverneur général
Rating72% 3.6432553.6432553.6432553.6432553.643255
American-born Agnes Keith (Colbert) and her British husband Harry Keith (Patric Knowles) live a cushioned colonial life in North Borneo with their young son George in 1942. Keith is the only American in Sandakan. Worried about the rumors surrounding Japanese invasion, Harry asks Agnes if she would leave for the United States along with George. Agnes replies that she would send George but not go herself. In the meantime, the Pearl Harbor attack takes place. Japanese soldiers led by Colonel Suga (Sessue Hayakawa) capture the place. Suga is fluent in English and has read a book on Borneo authored by Mrs. Keith. During the Japanese invasion of Sandakan, Agnes has a miscarriage. Europeans living there are moved to prison camps. Harry lives in the camp meant for men while George and Agnes live in another camp. After a few days, women and children are taken to another camp.
Penny Serenade
Penny Serenade (1941)
, 1h59
Directed by George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan, Ann Doran, Leonard Willey
Roles Doctor Hartley
Rating69% 3.495943.495943.495943.495943.49594
Applejack Carney pulls from a shelf an album of records entitled "The Story of a Happy Marriage" and places the song "You Were Meant for Me" on the Victrola. Julie Adams, Applejack's old friend and owner of the album, asks him to turn off the tune and announces that she is leaving her husband Roger. After glancing at the nursery, Julie restarts the song and remembers meeting Roger years earlier: The same ballad is playing over the loudspeakers at the San Francisco music store where Julie works. When the record begins to skip, passerby Roger Adams enters the store and meets Julie. The two begin to date, and while at the beach one day, Julie breaks open a fortune cookie, which reads "you will get your wish --a baby." Roger, a confirmed bachelor who has no patience with children, hides his fortune, which predicts a "wedding soon," and replaces it with "you will always be a bachelor." Roger, a reporter, changes his mind, however, when he bursts into a New Year's Eve party with the news that his paper is assigning him to a post in Japan and asks Julie to marry him that evening. Knowing that they will not see each other for three months until Roger can earn enough money for Julie's passage to Japan, the newlyweds kiss goodbye in Roger's train compartment. As they embrace, the train pulls out, and as a result, Julie stays in Roger's compartment until the train stops the next morning. Three months later, when Julie is reunited with Roger in Japan, she reports that she is pregnant. Julie becomes concerned for the future of her family when she learns that Roger has lavishly furnished their house by spending advances on his salary. Later, when Roger inherits a small sum of money and announces that he has quit his job so that they can travel the world, Julie, disturbed by her husband's financial irresponsibility, goes upstairs to pack. At that moment, a violent earthquake strikes, demolishing the house and causing Julie to lose the baby. Roger and Julie return to San Francisco, and while hospitalized there, Julie learns that she will never be able to have children. Roger tries to console her by telling her that he wants to settle down and buy a small town paper, but Julie responds that a baby is all she ever wanted. Soon after, Roger buys the Rosalia Courier Press , and the couple moves into the apartment above the newspaper office, which is equipped with a small nursery. Roger hires their friend Applejack to manage the paper, but despite their hard work, circulation remains low. Two years later, while Roger is working late one night, Applejack encourages Julie to adopt a child, and when Roger returns home, Applejack prods him into agreeing to consider adoption. When Julie writes to the orphanage to request a two-year-old boy with curly hair and blue eyes, Mrs. Oliver, the administrator, interviews the prospective parents and later pays a surprise visit to their home. At first disapproving because the Adams house is a cluttered mess, Mrs. Oliver is charmed by the little nursery and tells Julie that a five-week-old baby girl is available for adoption. When Julie and Roger protest that they wanted a two-year-old boy, the age their own baby would have been, Mrs. Oliver assures them that this is the child for them. Roger and Julie consent to see the infant, and when Julie falls in love with the baby, Mrs. Oliver allows them to take her home for a one-year probation period. One year later, as the time for the adoption hearing approaches, Mrs. Oliver visits the family to update her records. When Julie admits that the paper has gone out of business and that Roger has no income, Mrs. Oliver solemnly caps her pen. Steeling themselves to return their baby, whom they have named Trina, to the orphanage, Roger bundles up the infant and proceeds to the judge's chambers. When the judge denies the adoption, Roger, near tears, begs to keep the little girl, pleading that she is like his own child. Moved by Roger's plea, the judge relents and grants the adoption, prompting Julie cheerily to proclaim that nothing can take Trina from them now. Years pass, and Trina's proud parents watch their daughter sing the echo to "Silent Night" in her school's Christmas play. When Trina slips on a platform while onstage, she worries that she will not be allowed to play an angel in the play the following year. The next Christmas, Mrs. Oliver receives a tragic letter from Julie, notifying her of Trina's death after a sudden, brief illness. Julie confides that Roger is punishing himself for Trina's fate and behaves like a stranger to her. At the Adams home, as Julie and Roger sit wordlessly in their living room, they hear a knock at the door. Julie answers it and finds a mother, frantic because her car is stalled and her son is due to perform in the school play. Julie and Roger offer to drive the mother and child to the play, and when the car arrives to the sound of children singing "Silent Night," Roger gets out and proclaims that he never again wants to see anybody or anything that reminds him of Trina. Julie's thoughts return to the present, and she takes the record off the turntable just as Applejack climbs the stairs to deliver her train ticket. At that moment, Roger returns, despondent, but as he picks up Julie's suitcase to drive her to the train station, the phone rings. It is Mrs. Oliver, calling to offer the couple a two-year-old boy, who is the image of the youngster they requested years earlier. Their faith and hope restored, Julie and Roger begin planning a new life with their son.
Mystery Sea Raider
Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
, 1h13
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon, Onslow Stevens, Kathleen Howard, Henry Victor, Roland Varno
Roles British Cruiser Captain
Rating64% 3.2190753.2190753.2190753.2190753.219075
Tom Brown's School Days
Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
, 1h26
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop, Polly Moran
Roles Farmer Jenkins
Rating65% 3.2957553.2957553.2957553.2957553.295755
Lorsque le tuteur privé Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) devient directeur de Rugby, une école préparatoire pour garçons en Angleterre, il met en place une politique de punition stricte pour indiscipline et vol. Arnold trouve un allié en Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), un nouvel étudiant qui est victime de bizutage et d'abus de la part d'un groupe de garçons plus âgés et est poussé par ses amis à se taire à ce sujet. Marre, il mène ses camarades de classe dans une rébellion clandestine contre leurs bourreaux. Mais certaines règles tacites s'appliquent toujours à l'école et Brown perd son statut de héros lorsqu'il est accusé d'avoir enfreint le code du silence du rugby.
Captain Fury
Captain Fury (1939)
, 1h32
Directed by Hal Roach, Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas, John Carradine, June Lang, Douglass Dumbrille
Roles Settler
Rating60% 3.0459153.0459153.0459153.0459153.045915
Captain Michael Fury is an Irish patriot transported to New South Wales for his political involvement. He escapes from the convict colony and lives the life of a bushranger until he's captured by a settler's daughter, Jeanette Dupre. Dupre receives a £100 reward for the capture. Fury is pardoned by the Governor. He reunites with Dupre and they marry.
British Intelligence
British Intelligence (1939)
, 1h
Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Maris Wrixon
Roles Capt. Stuart
Rating60% 3.0492553.0492553.0492553.0492553.049255
During World War I, Franz Strendler, a master German spy has cost the British dearly. In desperation, they send for their best agent, currently undercover in Germany. Pilot Frank Bennett (Bruce Lester) is sent to pick him up, but the Germans are forewarned and Bennett is shot down. Luckily, he survives and is rescued by friendly soldiers. While recovering in a hospital, Bennett is tended by a pretty nurse, Helene Von Lorbeer (Margaret Lindsay). He tells her he loves her, but she informs him she is leaving, and they will not see each other again. However, after Bennett falls asleep, she kisses him on the cheek.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
, 1h42
Directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette
Roles Sir Essex
Rating78% 3.947093.947093.947093.947093.94709
In 1191, Richard the Lionheart (Ian Hunter), the King of England, is taken captive by Leopold V, Duke of Austria while returning from the Third Crusade. Richard’s treacherous brother Prince John (Claude Rains) usurps the throne and proceeds to oppress the Saxons, raising taxes supposedly to pay Richard's ransom, but in reality to secure his own position.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
, 1h58
Directed by William Dieterle, William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Swashbuckler, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Errol Flynn, Billy Mauch et Bobby Mauch, Claude Rains, Barton MacLane, Henry Stephenson, Alan Hale
Roles Third Lord
Rating71% 3.594723.594723.594723.594723.59472
In Tudor England, two boys are born on the same day in the most different circumstances imaginable. Tom (Billy Mauch) is the son of vicious criminal John Canty (Barton MacLane), while Edward VI (Bobby Mauch) is a prince and the heir of King Henry VIII of England (Montagu Love). One grows up in poverty, hungering for something better for himself and his family, the other in isolated luxury, with a strong curiosity about the outside world.