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Naunton Wayne is a Actor British born on 22 june 1901 at Wales (United-kingdom)
Naunton Wayne (22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a British character actor, born Henry Wayne Davies in Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Clifton College.
His first London stage roles were in Streamline at the Palace in 1934 and in 1066 and All That at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers). His first full role was as Norman Weldon in Wise Tomorrow at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Strand for four years. He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society.
He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of The Lady Vanishes, a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed friend, Charters. The two would go on to appear in other films together, often playing similar characters. Their other joint credits include Crook's Tour (1941), Millions Like Us (1943), Dead of Night (1945), It's Not Cricket (1949), Quartet (1948), Passport to Pimlico (1949), and Night Train to Munich (1940).
Wayne also appeared alone in other films including the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) and Obsession (1949).
L'un de ses films les plus connus est Une femme disparaît (1938) d'Alfred Hitchcock, dans lequel il forme, avec son compatriote Basil Radford (1897-1952), le duo semi-comique (amateur de cricket) Charters et Caldicott . Wayne et Radford collaborent ensemble à douze films entre 1938 et 1949, dont trois autres, après Une femme disparaît, où ils reforment le duo précité (ainsi, dans Train de nuit pour Munich, en 1940). Ils se retrouvent également au théâtre et à la radio, jusqu'au décès brutal de Radford en 1952, lors d'une émission radiophonique.
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Birth name Henry Wayne Davies
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 june 1901 at Wales (United-kingdom)
Death 17 november 1970 (at 69 years) at Surbiton (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 june 1901 at Wales (United-kingdom)
Death 17 november 1970 (at 69 years) at Surbiton (United-kingdom)
His first London stage roles were in Streamline at the Palace in 1934 and in 1066 and All That at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers). His first full role was as Norman Weldon in Wise Tomorrow at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Strand for four years. He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society.
He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of The Lady Vanishes, a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed friend, Charters. The two would go on to appear in other films together, often playing similar characters. Their other joint credits include Crook's Tour (1941), Millions Like Us (1943), Dead of Night (1945), It's Not Cricket (1949), Quartet (1948), Passport to Pimlico (1949), and Night Train to Munich (1940).
Wayne also appeared alone in other films including the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) and Obsession (1949).
Biography
Sous le pseudonyme de Naunton Wayne, il débute au théâtre en 1920, au Pays de Galles, avant de venir à Londres en 1928, où il joue régulièrement jusqu'à la fin des années 1960. Au cinéma, il participe à trente films britanniques entre 1932 et 1961. À la télévision, après un téléfilm pionnier en 1938, il apparaît dans trois séries, en 1961 et 1969, année où il se retire.L'un de ses films les plus connus est Une femme disparaît (1938) d'Alfred Hitchcock, dans lequel il forme, avec son compatriote Basil Radford (1897-1952), le duo semi-comique (amateur de cricket) Charters et Caldicott . Wayne et Radford collaborent ensemble à douze films entre 1938 et 1949, dont trois autres, après Une femme disparaît, où ils reforment le duo précité (ainsi, dans Train de nuit pour Munich, en 1940). Ils se retrouvent également au théâtre et à la radio, jusqu'au décès brutal de Radford en 1952, lors d'une émission radiophonique.
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Double Bunk (1961)
, 1h32Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Sid James, Janette Scott, Liz Fraser, Dennis Price, Reginald Beckwith
Roles 1st Thames Conservancy Officer
Rating61%
When newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) face eviction from their rented London flat, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat by its current owner Alfred Harper (Reginald Beckwith) and his put-upon wife (Irene Handl). Mr Watson (Dennis Price) owns Jack and Peggy’s mooring and soon makes their acquaintance by introducing them to his mooring tariffs and associated surcharges.
Nothing Barred (1961)
Directed by Darcy Conyers
Genres Comedy
Actors John Slater, Brian Rix, Naunton Wayne, Ann Firbank, Jack Watling, Henry Kendall
Roles Lord Whitebait
Rating53%
Operation Bullshine (1959)
, 1h24Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley, Ronald Shiner, Naunton Wayne, Dora Bryan
Roles Major Pym
Rating56%
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as his paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.
You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
, 1h29Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Monde imaginaire
Actors Akim Tamiroff, Shirley Eaton, Donald Sinden, Sarah Lawson, Naunton Wayne, Bill Kerr
Roles Captain Owbridge
Rating55%
Three British naval officers out on a drunken spree attach a pram and a pawnbroker's sign to the stern of a foreign naval ship. The next morning, an officer misinterprets the pram and sign as state of the art, top-secret radar equipment. Instantly, the British navy decrees that their ships be fitted with the same device. Thereafter, bureaucratic misunderstandings escalate into a major international incident.
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
, 1h24Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Hugh Griffith, Godfrey Tearle
Roles George Blakeworth
Rating69%
The residents of the (fictional) rural village of Titfield rely on the railway branch line to commute to work and transport their produce to market. So they are shocked when the government announces that the line is to be closed. Particularly hard hit is the local vicar, railway enthusiast Rev. Sam Weech (George Relph); he comes up with the idea to run it locally. He and the local squire, Gordon Chesterford (John Gregson), persuade wealthy Walter Valentine (Stanley Holloway) to provide the financial backing by telling him they can legally operate a bar while the train is running, so he will not have to wait all morning for the local pub to open.
The Happy Family (1952)
, 1h26Directed by Muriel Box
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne, Dandy Nichols, John Stratton, Shirley Mitchell
Roles Mr. Filch
Rating65%
The House of Lords is a grocery shop that sits on the South Bank of the river Thames close to the site of Festival Hall which is noisily under construction. It is owned by the Lord family, a husband and wife with several children. Lillian Lord runs the shop, while Henry is a British Railways train driver, who has worked on the railways for over 30 years and who is just about to retire. He is looking forward to enjoying a quiet retirement at the family shop looking after his pet hare, Winston, though his spiritualist sister in law Ada has had supernatural visions of "men in black" bringing discord.
Tall Headlines (1952)
, 1h40Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors André Morell, Flora Robson, Peter Burton, Michael Denison, Jane Hylton, Mervyn Johns
Roles Police Inspector Saunders
Rating58%
Treasure Hunt (1952)
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Genres Comedy
Actors Martita Hunt, Jimmy Edwards, Naunton Wayne, Athene Seyler, June Clyde, Miles Malleson
Roles Eustace Mills
Rating52%
Circle of Danger (1951)
, 1h26Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair, Naunton Wayne, Edward Rigby
Roles Reggie Sinclair
Rating64%
Clay Douglas enquête sur la mort mystérieuse de son frère. Ce dernier faisait partie des commandos britanniques pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et il a été tué par une balle anglaise. Clay est persuadé que l'assassin se trouve parmi les survivants.
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 Inspector Tenby
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.
Highly Dangerous (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Monde imaginaire, Political films
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Dane Clark, Marius Goring, Naunton Wayne, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Olaf Pooley
Roles Mr. Hedgerley
Rating60%
Une entomologiste est envoyée en mission secrète en Europe de l'Est pour analyser certains insectes qui sont élevés par l'ennemi pour répandre des maladies. Elle reçoit l'aide d'un journaliste américain.
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 Mr. Ramsey
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.
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
, 1h24Directed by Henry Cornelius
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford, Barbara Murray, Paul Dupuis, Raymond Huntley, Sydney Tafler
Roles Straker
Rating70%
When some local children roll a tractor tyre down a hole, it sets off an unexploded bomb left over from the Second World War in Miramont Gardens in the Pimlico district of London. The explosion reveals a buried cellar containing artwork, coins, jewellery and an ancient parchment document. Professor Hatton-Jones (Margaret Rutherford) authenticates it as a royal charter of Edward IV that ceded the house and its estates to Charles VII ("the Rash"), the last Duke of Burgundy, when he sought refuge there several centuries ago after being presumed dead at the Battle of Nancy. As the charter had never been revoked, Pimlico is legally part of Burgundy. Local policeman P.
It's Not Cricket (1949)
, 1h17Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sports films
Actors Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Susan Shaw, Maurice Denham, Alan Wheatley, Jane Carr
Roles Capt. Early
Rating60%
Major Bright and Captain Early are intelligence officers in the British army of occupation in post-World War 2 Germany. They are sent home on leave, but fail to notice that their new batman is actually wanted war criminal Otto Fisch. He vanishes on arrival in England and the two officers are punished by early demobilisation. Uncertain what to do in civvy street, they decide to utilise the "skills" they learned in the army and set up a private detective agency, "Bright and Early". They engage a secretary, Primrose Brown, but she's not very busy as they have as yet no clients.
Obsession (1949)
, 1h36Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Robert Newton, Phil Brown, Sally Gray, Naunton Wayne, Ronald Adam, Michael Balfour
Roles Supt. Finsbury
Rating72%
Dr Riordan's wife Storm is cheating on him with American Bill Kronin. He determines to get the perfect revenge.