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Philip Stainton is a Actor British born on 9 april 1908 at Kings Norton (United-kingdom)

Philip Stainton

Philip Stainton
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 april 1908 at Kings Norton (United-kingdom)
Death 1 august 1961 (at 53 years) at Melbourne (Australie)

Philip Stainton (9 April 1908 – 1 August 1961) was a British-born actor. Stainton appeared in several Ealing comedies. He often played uniformed policemen, he appeared in both British and Australian productions



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Mogambo (1953)
(Actor)

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Paul Grimault
Paul Grimault
(1 films)
James Hayter
James Hayter
(4 films)
Peter Jones
Peter Jones
(4 films)
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Filmography of Philip Stainton (30 films)

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The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird, 1h3
Directed by Paul Grimault
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Poésie, Films about birds, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Jean Martin, Pierre Brasseur, Pascal Mazzotti, Fernand Ledoux, Raymond Bussières, Hubert Deschamps
Roles The Policeman (voice)
Rating76% 3.847223.847223.847223.847223.84722
The huge kingdom of Takicardia is ruled by a king under the unwieldy title of Charles V + III = VIII + VIII = XVI. He’s a heartless ruler, hated by his people as much as he hates them. The king is fond of hunting, but is unfortunately cross-eyed – not that anyone would dare acknowledge this in front of him, as the numerous statues and paintings that adorn the palace and the land show. Occasionally the king does hit his target though, notably the wife of the bird, known only as "l'Oiseau", the narrator of the story who takes pleasure in taunting the terrible king at every opportunity.
Reach for the Sky, 2h15
Directed by James Hill (réalisateur britannique), Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Dorothy Alison, Lyndon Brook, Jack Watling, Lee Patterson
Roles Police Constable
Rating71% 3.59473.59473.59473.59473.5947
In 1928, Douglas Bader joins the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a cadet. Despite a friendly reprimand from Air Vice-Marshal Halahan for his disregard for service discipline and flight rules, he successfully completes his training and is posted to No. 23 Squadron at RAF Kenley. In 1930, he is chosen to be among the pilots for an aerial exhibition.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick (1956)
, 1h55
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Cétacé, Films about disabilities, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, Orson Welles, Ronald Lacey, James Robertson Justice
Roles Bildad
Rating72% 3.646853.646853.646853.646853.64685
Set in 19th-century New England, the story follows the whaling ship Pequod and its crew. Leading them is Captain Ahab, who was almost killed in an encounter with the "great white whale", Moby Dick. Now he is out for revenge. With the crew that has joined him, Ahab is out to destroy the huge sea mammal, but his obsession with vengeance is so great that he cannot turn back, eventually leading to the death of Ahab and all of his crew, save his newest able seaman, Ishmael.
Who Done It?, 1h25
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Belinda Lee, Benny Hill, David Kossoff, Garry Marsh, Irene Handl, Ernest Thesiger
Roles Frankie's Agent
Rating57% 2.8525652.8525652.8525652.8525652.852565
One of the last Ealing Comedies has Benny Hill making his screen debut in this film about an ice rink sweeper, Hugo Dill, who dreams of being a private investigator. His dream comes true when he manages to capture a ring of Eastern Bloc spies.
The Ladykillers, 1h31
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Jack Warner, Katie Johnson
Roles The Sergeant
Rating75% 3.7974453.7974453.7974453.7974453.797445
Mrs. Louisa Alexandra Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) is a sweet and eccentric old widow who lives alone with her raucous parrots in a gradually subsiding "lopsided" house, built over the entrance to a railway tunnel in Kings Cross, London. With nothing to occupy her time and an active imagination, she is a frequent visitor to the local police station where she reports fanciful suspicions regarding neighbourhood activities. Having led wild-goose chases in the past, she is humoured by the officers there who give her reports no credence whatever.
Cast a Dark Shadow, 1h22
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Flemyng, Mona Washbourne
Roles Charlie Mann
Rating69% 3.4929353.4929353.4929353.4929353.492935
After a year of marriage, Edward "Teddy" Bare (Dirk Bogarde) kills his wealthy older wife, Monica (Mona Washbourne), after she asks her lawyer, Phillip Mortimer (Robert Flemyng), to change her will. He stages it to look as if she was accidentally asphyxiated while drunkenly trying to light a gas heater.
John and Julie, 1h22
Directed by William Fairchild
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Moira Lister, Colin Gibson, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Sid James, Megs Jenkins, Joseph Tomelty
Roles Police sergeant
Rating65% 3.2817153.2817153.2817153.2817153.281715
John (Gibson) and Julie (Dudley) are two children who are eager to see the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in spite of the fact that their parents have no intention of going. So the two run off to London when left alone. Along their way, they encounter different quirky and eccentric people.
The Woman for Joe, 1h31
Directed by George More O'Ferrall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Diane Cilento, Jill Ireland, George Baker, David Kossoff, Violet Farebrother, Earl Cameron
Roles Sullivan
Rating56% 2.8211052.8211052.8211052.8211052.821105
Midget George Wilson pulls strings to obtain a job in the circus for Mary, a Hungarian lady he's fallen madly in love with. Mary is happy to have the job, singing to the lions, but although she likes George, her feelings for circus owner Joe Harrop are stronger. The jealousy and tensions caused affect the running of the circus.
Hobson's Choice, 1h47
Directed by David Lean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Richard Wattis
Roles Denton
Rating76% 3.8456853.8456853.8456853.8456853.845685
Willie Mossop (John Mills) is a gifted but unappreciated bootmaker employed by the tyrannical Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) in his moderately upmarket shop in 1880s Salford in Lancashire. Hard-drinking widower Hobson has three daughters. Maggie (Brenda De Banzie) and her younger sisters Alice (Daphne Anderson) and Vicky (Prunella Scales) have worked in their father's establishment without wages and are eager to be married and free of the shop. Alice has been seeing Albert Prosser (Richard Wattis), a young up-and-coming solicitor, while Vicky prefers Freddy Beenstock (Derek Blomfield), the son of a respectable corn merchant. Hobson does not object to losing Alice and Vicky, but Maggie is far too useful to part with. To his friends, he mocks the plain, severe Maggie as a spinster "a bit on the ripe side" at 30 years of age.
Forbidden Cargo, 1h25
Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, La provence, Transport films
Actors Jack Warner, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars, Terence Morgan, Jack Warner, Greta Gynt
Roles Seaburyness Police Sergeant
Rating64% 3.238743.238743.238743.238743.23874
Un agent des Douanes reçoit une information à propos d'un trafic de drogue. On suspecte Roger Compton et sa sœur Rita. Il les suit jusqu'à Cannes puis de retour à Londres. Mais il commence à éprouver des sentiments pour la belle Rita...
Mogambo
Mogambo (1953)
, 1h55
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films based on plays
Actors Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden, Laurence Naismith, Philip Stainton
Roles John Brown-Pryce
Rating65% 3.297923.297923.297923.297923.29792
Eloise "Honey Bear" Kelly (Ava Gardner) arrives at a remote African outpost, looking for a rich maharajah acquaintance, only to find he has cancelled his trip owing to unrest in his realm. While waiting for the next river boat out, she spars with hardworking big game hunter Victor Marswell (Clark Gable), who (initially) pegs her as a certain disreputable type. When the river boat returns, it brings Donald Nordley (Donald Sinden) and his wife Linda (Grace Kelly). The Nordleys wish to go on safari to film gorillas. Marswell declines to guide them. Honey Bear rejoins the group after the steamer runs aground. Tensions run high between the two women when Linda is also attracted to Marswell.
Innocents in Paris, 1h43
Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Alastair Sim, Louis de Funès, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Ronald Shiner, Jimmy Edwards
Roles Nobby Clarke
Rating57% 2.898572.898572.898572.898572.89857
Un groupe de personnages, absolument étrangers les uns aux autres, quittent Londres par avion pour passer le week-end à Paris. Nous suivrons les aventures et les tribulations de chacun des passagers de l'avion à son arrivée sur le sol français.
The Quiet Man, 2h9
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick
Roles Anglican Bishop (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.847293.847293.847293.847293.84729
In the 1920s, Sean Thornton (John Wayne), an Irish-born American from Pittsburgh, travels to Ireland to reclaim his family's farm and his birthplace in Inisfree. He meets and falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), the sister of the bullying, loud-mouthed landowner Squire "Red" Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen). Danaher, who had wanted the farm himself, is angry that the Widow Tillane (herself angered by Danaher's admission that he had discussed her in the local pub) accepts Sean's bid, and retaliates by refusing consent for his sister to marry. Several town locals, including the Catholic priest, Father Lonergan (Ward Bond), conspire to trick him into believing that the wealthy Widow Tillane (Mildred Natwick) wants to marry him, but only if Mary Kate is no longer living in his house. After learning the truth on Sean and Mary Kate's wedding day, an enraged Will refuses to give his sister her dowry which is made up of a large sum of money and her family possessions passed down from her mother.