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Patricia Dainton is a Actor British born on 12 april 1930 at Hamilton (United-kingdom)

Patricia Dainton

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 april 1930 at Hamilton (United-kingdom)
Death 31 may 2023 (at 93 years)

Patricia Dainton (born 12 April 1930) is a Scottish actress who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1947 and 1961. She was born in Hamilton, Scotland, and made her screen debut in the 1947 film Dancing with Crime. She trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school".

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Montgomery Tully
Montgomery Tully
(3 films)
Warwick Ward
Warwick Ward
(2 films)
John Bentley
John Bentley
(3 films)
Moyra Fraser
Moyra Fraser
(2 films)
Frederick Piper
Frederick Piper
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Patricia Dainton (16 films)

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The House in Marsh Road
The House in Marsh Road (1960)
, 1h10
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Tony Wright, Patricia Dainton, Sandra Dorne, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Samuel John Kydd, Llewellyn Rees
Roles Jean Linton
Rating59% 2.9977952.9977952.9977952.9977952.997795
A spirit haunts a house on a lonely country road.
At the Stroke of Nine
At the Stroke of Nine (1957)
, 1h11
Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Patricia Dainton, Patrick Barr, Dermot Walsh, Clifford Evans, Alexander Doré, William Moore
Roles Sally Bryant
Rating48% 2.41242.41242.41242.41242.4124
L'intrigue suit une célèbre journaliste de Fleet Street (Patricia Dainton ) qui est enlevé par un pianiste de concert (Stephen Murray ) qui la force à écrire une histoire quotidienne sur lui et menace de la tuer dans un délai de cinq jours si elle refuse.
The Passionate Stranger
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
, 1h37
Directed by Muriel Box
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Patricia Dainton, Carlo Giustini, Ada Reeve, Frederick Piper
Roles Emily / Betty
Rating61% 3.0890053.0890053.0890053.0890053.089005
Judith Wynter (Leighton) is a novelist who pens torrid escapist romantic fiction for the popular women's market, although in real life she is a respectable, unassuming woman, happily married to husband Roger (Richardson). She uses people she knows and situations she encounters as the raw material for her fictional flights of fancy. As Roger recuperates from an illness which leaves him temporarily immobile, she pens the rough draft of her latest novel, a lurid tale of a bored and unsatisifed woman with a pompous disabled husband she despises, who embarks on a wild affair with her chauffeur and finds herself expecting his child. The husband dismisses the chauffeur, who vows revenge, and matters escalate melodramatically towards a deadly conclusion.
Operation Diplomat
Operation Diplomat (1953)
, 1h10
Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Guy Rolfe, Lisa Daniely, Patricia Dainton, Sydney Tafler, Ballard Berkeley, Anton Diffring
Roles Sister Rogers
Rating63% 3.1870753.1870753.1870753.1870753.187075
A surgeon operating on an unknown patient discovers he is involved in the kidnapping of a British diplomat. When his personal secretary is murdered for revealing the patient's identity, the police are called in.
Castle in the Air
Castle in the Air (1952)
, 1h29
Directed by Henry Cass
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors David Tomlinson, Helen Cherry, Margaret Rutherford, Barbara Kelly, A. E. Matthews, Patricia Dainton
Roles Ermyntrude
Rating62% 3.1448353.1448353.1448353.1448353.144835
The impecunious owner of a haunted Scottish castle has to juggle the advances of an American heiress who wishes to buy him out, the love of his longtime assistant who wants to marry him, and a Coal Board official who wishes to commandeer the estate. The British National Coal Board wants to annex the owner's castle as a group home for local miners and their families. Wealthy, much-married American Mrs. Clodfelter Dunne (Barbara Kelly) wants to claim the castle—and its owner, the Earl of Locharne (David Tomlinson)--for herself. Meanwhile, eccentric boarder Miss Nicholson (Margaret Rutherford) is obsessed with the idea that the Earl is actually the rightful King of Scotland. There is also a beautiful ghost, played by Patricia Dainton. "Castle in the Air" was based on the popular stage play by Alan Melville.
Hammer the Toff
Hammer the Toff (1952)
, 1h11
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, Valentine Dyall, John Robinson, Wally Patch, Roddy Hughes
Roles Susan Lancaster
Rating60% 3.0031153.0031153.0031153.0031153.003115
On the train to the seaside resort of Brighthaven, Richard Rollison (Bentley) is sharing a carriage with an attractive young lady called Susan Lancaster (Dainton). The journey is rudely interrupted when the window of the carriage is shattered by a barrage of bullets. Richard learns from the shaken Susan that she is on her way to join an uncle on holiday, and offers to escort her safely to her hotel. They learn that her uncle has disappeared, but has left Susan a package. Later, Rollison happens to overhear a pair of shady characters discussing how to kidnap Susan. She explains that her uncle has developed a secret formula which sinister characters are keen to get their hands on, and they have been receiving threats of menace, hence the flight to Brighthaven.
Paul Temple Returns
Paul Temple Returns (1952)
, 1h11
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan, Patricia Dainton, Peter Gawthorne, Valentine Dyall, Robert Urquhart
Roles Steve Temple
Rating56% 2.8137152.8137152.8137152.8137152.813715
Aspiring novelist and amateur detective Paul Temple begins investigating the case of a famous unsolved murder and ends up in a mansion full of snakes. With the aid of his wife Steve, he eventually solves the murder, and gets renown for his newest book as well.
The Dancing Years
The Dancing Years (1950)
, 1h38
Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Dennis Price, Patricia Dainton, Gisèle Préville, Anthony Nicholls, Carl Jaffe, Jeremy Spenser
Roles Grete
Rating59% 2.996692.996692.996692.996692.99669
A pre-First World War love affair between a young composer (Dennis Price) and a star of the musical stage (Giselle Preville) falters through a misunderstanding which causes her to leave him and marry a prince (Anthony Nicholls).
Love in Waiting
Love in Waiting (1948)

Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors David Tomlinson, Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, George Merritt, Eliot Makeham, John Witty, Linda Gray
Roles Bit Part (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9192052.9192052.9192052.9192052.919205
In a busy restaurant during the food rationing period in the wake of WWII three waitresses fall in love with the manager (Tomlinson), the garbage man (who is the owner's son in disguise) and the downstairs neighbour, while trying to stay in the good books of the ruthless Miss Bell who runs the catering staff and is selling restaurant food supplies to the Black Market.
Dancing with Crime
Dancing with Crime (1947)
, 1h23
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Barry Jones, Garry Marsh, Bill Owen, Judy Kelly
Roles Pam (unconfirmed)
Rating64% 3.238993.238993.238993.238993.23899
Boyhood friends and comrades in the Army, Ted Peters (Richard Attenborough) and Dave Robinson (Bill Rowbotham) are back in civvies. Ted becomes a taxi driver and hopes to marry Joy Goodall (Sheila Sim), a pretty chorus girl. Dave, seeking easy money, joins a gang which has its headquarters in a suburban palais-de-danse. The gang is headed by a man called Gregory (Barry Jones), and includes Paul Baker (Barry K. Barnes), and petty crooks Sniffy and Pogson. Ted refuses to join them.