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Roland Varno is a Actor Néerlandais born on 15 march 1908 at Utrecht (Pays-bas)
Roland Varno (March 15, 1908 – May 24, 1996) was a character actor from Utrecht, Netherlands. He appeared in dozens of films in the 1930s and 1940s including the Return of the Vampire, My Name is Julia Ross, Gunga Din, Three Faces West, Women in Bondage, Three's a Crowd, Flight to Nowhere and Scared to Death.
Varno also appeared on TV series including Space Patrol, the Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok and 77 Sunset Strip.
Born Jacob Frederik Vuerhard, he was also the father of Martin Varno who wrote the 1958 sci fi film Night of the Blood Beast.
Varno died on May 24, 1996 in Lancaster, California.
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Nationality Pays-bas
Birth 15 march 1908 at Utrecht (Pays-bas)
Death 24 may 1996 (at 88 years) at Lancaster (USA)
Birth 15 march 1908 at Utrecht (Pays-bas)
Death 24 may 1996 (at 88 years) at Lancaster (USA)
Varno also appeared on TV series including Space Patrol, the Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok and 77 Sunset Strip.
Born Jacob Frederik Vuerhard, he was also the father of Martin Varno who wrote the 1958 sci fi film Night of the Blood Beast.
Varno died on May 24, 1996 in Lancaster, California.
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Istanbul (1957)
, 1h24Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley, Torin Thatcher, Leif Erickson, Peggy Knudsen
Roles Mr. Florian
Rating60%
An American becomes mixed up with various criminal activities in Istanbul.
The Mad Magician (1954)
, 1h12Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Patrick O'Neal, Donald Randolph
Roles Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Rating65%
Don Gallico (Vincent Price) is a magician, master of disguise, and inventor of stage-magic effects in the late 1800s aspiring to become a star magician under the stage name Gallico the Great. Disguised as The Great Rinaldi, a headlining rival magician, Mr. Gallico performs a number of magic tricks successfully, building up to the reveal of his latest invention, the buzz-saw, an illusion that "severs" the head of the magician's assistant Karen Lee (Mary Murphy). Before Mr. Gallico can perform the buzz-saw illusion, the curtains come down to stop the performance. Businessman Ross Ormond (Donald Randolph) and his lawyer serve Mr. Gallico a cease and desist order against the performance of the buzz-saw trick much to the anger of Mr. Gallico. Ms. Lee's boyfriend, police detective Lt. Alan Bruce (Patrick O'Neal), is asked by her to intervene in the dispute between Mr. Gallico and Mr. Ormond. Mr. Gallico informs the detective that he signed a contract to Mr. Ormond's Illusions, Inc., a magician's trick provider, to invent new tricks, the issue is that Mr. Ormond owns all work created by Mr. Ormond, not just the ones produced for Illusions, Inc., Mr. Gallico's understanding.
Battleground (1949)
, 1h58Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Van Johnson, John Hodiak, George Murphy, Ricardo Montalbán, James Whitmore, Don Taylor
Roles Le lieutenant allemand
Rating73%
In mid-December 1944 Pvt. Jim Layton (Marshall Thompson) and his buddy Pvt. William J. Hooper are fresh replacements assigned to separate companies in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. As a newcomer Layton receives a chilly welcome. PFC Holley (Van Johnson) returns to the company after recuperating from a wound.
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
, 1h26Directed by Max Ophüls
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Piano, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Erskine Sanford, Marcel Journet, Betty Blythe, Art Smith
Roles Second de Stefan
Rating78%
In Vienna in the early twentieth century, Lisa (Joan Fontaine), a teenager living in an apartment complex, becomes fascinated by a new tenant, concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). Stefan is making a name for himself through energetic performances. Lisa becomes obsessed with Stefan, staying up late to listen to him play, and sneaking into his apartment and admiring him from a distance. Despite her actions, they only meet once and Stefan takes little notice of her.
Scared to Death (1947)
, 1h7Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror
Actors Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Joyce Compton, Roland Varno
Roles Ward Van Ee
Rating41%
The film opens with the disclosure by morgue examiners that a beautiful woman has literally died of fright. The plot reveals how she reached the fatal stage of terror.
Flight to Nowhere (1946)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Jack Holt, Jerome Cowan, Micheline Cheirel, Roland Varno
Roles James Van Bush
Rating43%
Betrayal from the East (1945)
, 1h22Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Lee Tracy, Regis Toomey, Nancy Kelly, Addison Richards, Richard Loo, Victor Sen Yung
Roles Kurt Guenther
Rating60%
Un américain est recruté par un réseau d'espions japonais opérant aux États-Unis; ils recherchent en particulier des informations sur le Canal de Panama.
The Master Key (1945)
Directed by Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Milburn Stone, Dennis Moore, Addison Richards, Jan Wiley, Byron Foulger, Maris Wrixon
Roles Arnold Hoffman
Rating64%
Nazi spies, led by the mysterious "Master Key", kidnap Professor Henderson in order to acquire his "Orotron machine" which is capable of extracting gold from sea water. FBI agent Tom Brant, aided by reporter Janet Lowe and Detective Lt. Jack Ryan, attempt to rescue him and crack the Nazi spy ring.
Follow That Woman (1945)
, 1h9Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Gargan, Nancy Kelly, Regis Toomey, Edward Gargan, Byron Barr, Pierre Watkin
Roles Undetermined Role
Rating58%
Nancy spends the evening with her boyfriend at the Downtown Club, a notorious hangout for members of the criminal underworld. Quite recently the club was the scene of a murder. Nancy witnesses what she believes is a holdup at the very next table, and instinctively she hits the gunman over the head with a champagne bottle, knocking him out completely. The gunman, Sam Boone, is really an undercover police officer posing as a gangster, who was trying to make an arrest when Nancy hit him. Even though Nancy and Sam really didn’t meet under the best of circumstances, they soon take a liking to each other, and eventually marry. Exactly two years later they return to the Downtown Club and the ”crime scene” in order to celebrate their first meeting.
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
, 1h5Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Nina Foch, May Whitty, George Macready, Doris Lloyd, Roland Varno, Anita Sharp-Bolster
Roles Dennis Bruce
Rating69%
In London, Julia Ross (Nina Foch) goes to a new employment agency, desperate for work. When Mrs. Sparkes (Anita Sharp-Bolster) learns that she has no near relations, she recommends Julia for a job as a live-in personal secretary to a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes (May Whitty). Mrs. Hughes approves and insists that she move that very night into her house. Two days later, Julia awakes as a prisoner at an isolated seaside estate in Cornwall.
, 1h21Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Charles Ruggles, Dorothy Gish, Beulah Bondi, James Brown
Roles Pierre Cambouille (uncredited)
Rating66%
, 1h46Directed by Mark Sandrich, Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Paulette Goddard, Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Sonny Tufts, Charles Ruggles, Beulah Bondi
Roles Pierre Cambouille (uncredited)
Rating61%
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
, 2h6Directed by Raoul Walsh, Lloyd Bacon, Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Julie Bishop, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene
Roles Gunnery Captain (uncredited)
Rating69%
An American oil tanker mastered by Capt. Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) is sunk in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat. He and the first officer, his friend Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart), make it to a lifeboat along with other crewmen. When the U-boat crew starts filming their plight they respond with rude gestures and are rammed. The men swim to a raft and are rescued after 11 days adrift.
Women in Bondage (1943)
, 1h12Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Gail Patrick, Nancy Kelly, William Henry, Tala Birell, Gertrude Michael, Alan Baxter
Roles Ernest Bracken
Rating58%
Edge of Darkness (1943)
, 1h59Directed by Lewis Milestone, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston, Helmut Dantine, Judith Anderson, Nancy Coleman
Roles German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rating71%
In the Norwegian fishing village of Trollness, residents resist the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. In October 1942, the Norwegian flag is flying high over the Nazi outpost but almost everyone in town is dead. The German troops sent to investigate discover the German commander, Captain Koenig, dead in his office. The film the proceeds to tell the events that led to this disaster.