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Ralph Forbes (30 September 1904 – 31 March 1951) was an English film and stage actor in the UK and the United States.
Au théâtre, il joue à Broadway entre 1924 et 1950 dans douze pièces et une comédie musicale. En outre, il est metteur en scène d'une pièce en 1949.
Il est le fils de Mary Forbes (1879-1974) et le frère de Brenda Forbes (1909-1996), toutes deux actrices.
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Birth name Ralph Taylor
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 september 1904
Death 31 march 1951 (at 46 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 september 1904
Death 31 march 1951 (at 46 years)
Biography
Ralph Forbes apparaît au cinéma entre 1921 (période du muet) et 1948, d'abord dans cinq films britanniques et un film suédois. Puis, désormais installé aux États-Unis, il tourne un premier film américain en 1926, Beau Geste (avec Ronald Colman), dans le rôle de John Geste, qu'il retrouvera avec un remake parlant en 1931. Il participe également, pour la télévision, à deux séries en 1949 et 1950.Au théâtre, il joue à Broadway entre 1924 et 1950 dans douze pièces et une comédie musicale. En outre, il est metteur en scène d'une pièce en 1949.
Il est le fils de Mary Forbes (1879-1974) et le frère de Brenda Forbes (1909-1996), toutes deux actrices.
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Frenchman's Creek (1944)
, 1h50Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Cecil Kellaway, Ralph Forbes
Roles Harry St. Columb
Rating60%
L'élégante Dona St Columb s'ennuie à mourir dans sa vie londonienne trop balisée. Elle cherche surtout à échapper aux propositions inconvenantes du meilleur ami de son mari, lord Rockingham. Elle prend ses cliques et ses claques et s'en va s'installer dans son château de Cornouaille. Elle y fait la connaissance d'un corsaire français, Jean Benoit Aubrey. Rien ne semble pouvoir rapprocher ces deux êtres que tout, patrie, origines et formation, sépare. Pourtant, l'amour les unit bientôt, au point de placer Dona St Columb devant un choix difficile...
Curtain Call (1940)
, 1h3Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Barbara Read, Michael Caine, Alan Mowbray, James Spader, Donald MacBride, Maggie Smith
Roles Leslie Barrivale
Rating58%
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find. The producer and director conspire of giving the actress a dreadful role to play from the script of "The End of Everything". The plot to mislead the actress, however, backfires when she loves the role and gives a stellar performance, which turns the play into a hit.
Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
, 1h16Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce, Cecil Kellaway, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Mr. Perrins
Rating62%
Captain Stephen Dennett of the Royal Air Force is on board a passenger airliner en route to South Africa, when he meets the beautiful and glamorous Felice Falcon. He is unaware of the fact that Felice is an accomplished jewel thief, travelling with her partner in crime, Michael Barclay. The two of them have made a plan for a heist in the South African mines - stealing a shipment of diamonds and escaping unnoticed. The diamonds are already cached by one of Felice’s accomplices, but she needs a way to get into the restricted mine area without raising suspicion. That is where the unfortunate and clueless captain comes into the picture. Felice decides to use him for her own benefit, charming him to promise to get her into the forbidden area using his status as a military officer.
Calling Philo Vance (1940)
, 1h2Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill, Edward Brophy, Sheila Bromley, Ralph Forbes
Roles Tom McDonald
Rating58%
Philo est à Vienne travaillant pour le gouvernement des États-Unis pour voir si Archer Coe vend des dessins d'avions à des puissances étrangères. Il saisit les plans avec la signature Archer, mais est capturé par la police avant qu'il ne puisse échapper. Déporté, il revient à l'Amérique et des plans pour faire face à Archer, mais Archer est retrouvé mort dans sa chambre fermée à clé avec un fusil à la main. Bien qu'il ressemble à un suicide, Vance sait mieux et le coroner estime que Archer a été tué, frappé avec un objet contondant et poignardée - qui fait du suicide improbable. Mais Vance est sur l'affaire et cherche à voir si les secrets du gouvernement ont été vendus et qui a assassiné Coe. Ceci est un remake de « The Assassiner Kennel Case » à l'aide des dessins d'avions et d'espionnage au lieu de la porcelaine chinoise et des spectacles de chiens.
Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
, 1h16Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce, Elizabeth Patterson, Cecil Kellaway
Roles Mr. Perrins
Rating62%
Une femme et un escroc s'associent pour s'emparer de diamants dans une mine en Afrique du Sud. Elle tend un piège au policier qui les pourchasse, mais finit pas s'amouracher de lui...
, 1h46Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about royalty
Actors Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price
Roles Lord Knollys
Rating69%
The Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn) returns in triumph to London after having dealt the Spanish a crushing naval defeat at Cadiz. In London, an aging Queen Elizabeth (Bette Davis) awaits him with love, but also with fear, because of his popularity with the commoners and his consuming ambition. His envious rivals include Sir Robert Cecil (Henry Daniell), Lord Burghley (Henry Stephenson), and Sir Walter Raleigh (Vincent Price). His only friend at court is Francis Bacon (Donald Crisp).
, 1h20Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine
Roles Sir Hugo Baskerville
Rating73%
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. John Watson (Nigel Bruce) receive a visit from Dr. James Mortimer (Lionel Atwill), who wishes to consult them before the arrival of Sir Henry Baskerville (Richard Greene), the last of the Baskervilles, heir to the Baskerville estate in Devonshire.
The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Akim Tamiroff, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Boland, Patricia Morison, Ralph Forbes, Steffi Duna
Roles Harrison Todd
Rating59%
Tower of London (1939)
, 1h32Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical
Actors Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter, Nan Grey
Roles Henry Tudor
Rating65%
The plot was not derived from Shakespeare's Richard III, but rather was written by Robert N. Lee (director Rowland V. Lee's brother) after reading a great deal of British history. George, Duke of Clarence (one of Richard's brothers) is depicted as something less than the tragically noble figure found in Shakespeare. Ian Hunter portrays Edward IV, who is not depicted here as the feeble, dying King found in Laurence Olivier's 1955 film version of Shakespeare's play.
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
, 1h7Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly, Ralph Forbes, Bradley Page, Donald MacBride
Roles Viscount Ronald River-Clyde
Rating56%
This script must be run from the command line
Kidnapped (1938)
, 1h30Directed by Otto Preminger, Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Nigel Bruce, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen
Roles James
Rating65%
In the late eighteenth century David Balfour's evil uncle arranges for him to be kidnapped and sent to sea where he meets exiled Alan Breck. The two make their way back to Scotland and justice.
If I Were King (1938)
, 1h41Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, C.V. France, Henry Wilcoxon
Roles Oliver le Dain
Rating70%
King Louis XI of France (Basil Rathbone) is in desperate straits. He is besieged in Paris by the Burgundians and suspects that there is a traitor in his court. He goes in disguise to a tavern to see who accepts a message from the enemy. While there, he is amused by the antics of poet François Villon (Ronald Colman), who has stolen food from the royal storehouse. The rascal criticizes the king and brags about how much better he would do if he were in Louis' place.
Women Are Like That (1938)
, 1h19Directed by Stanley Logan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Ralph Forbes, Melville Cooper, Thurston Hall, Grant Mitchell
Roles Martin Brush
Rating57%
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
, 1h38Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Nigel Bruce, Jessie Ralph
Roles Cousin John Clayborn
Rating63%
When Lord Francis Kelton (Frank Morgan) finds a beautiful woman in his stateroom, he is flustered, but his playboy friend, Lord Arthur Dilling (Robert Montgomery), is fascinated by her. He finds out from the ship's purser that she is American widow Fay Cheyney on her way to stay in England. In London, she becomes the darling of English society, impressing everyone, including Arthur's wealthy aunt, the Duchess of Ebley (Jessie Ralph), who invites her to stay with her for the weekend. Arthur tries to impress Fay, but is rejected by her, even though she is becoming attracted to him.
Stage Door (1937)
, 1h32Directed by Gregory La Cava, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about television, Films based on plays
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Franklin Pangborn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, William Corson, Pierre Watkin
Roles Cast of Stage Play
Rating76%
Terry Randall (Katharine Hepburn) moves into the Footlights Club, a theatrical rooming house in New York. Her polished manners and superior attitude make her no friends among the rest of the aspiring actresses living there, particularly her new roommate, flippant, cynical dancer Jean Maitland (Ginger Rogers). From Terry's expensive clothing and her photograph of her elderly grandfather, Jean assumes she has obtained the former from her sugar daddy, just as fellow resident Linda Shaw (Gail Patrick) has from her relationship with influential theatrical producer Anthony Powell (Adolphe Menjou). In truth however, Terry comes from a very wealthy, upper class, Midwest family. Over the strong objections of her father, Henry Sims (Samuel S. Hinds), she is determined to try to fulfill her dreams on her own. In the boarding house, Terry's only supporter is aging actress Catherine Luther (Constance Collier), who appoints herself Terry's mentor.