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Wally Patch

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Birth name Walter Sydney Vinnicombe
Birth 26 september 1888
Death 27 october 1970 (at 82 years)

Wally Patch ( 26 September 1888 in Willesden, Middlesex – 27 October 1970 in Hillingdon, Middlesex) was an English comedian and film, television and stage actor.

He was born Walter Sydney Vinnicombe and began working on the music hall stages in 1912 and at regular theatres in 1938 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His first film appearance was in 1928, and went on to appear in 2013 other films. He worked up to his death, with his last television appearance in the comedy Doctor in the House in 1970.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Wally Patch (129 films)

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Actor

The Bargee
The Bargee (1964)
, 1h46
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith, Eric Sykes, Ronnie Barker, Julia Foster, Miriam Karlin
Roles Bargee
Rating62% 3.100943.100943.100943.100943.10094
Hemel Pike (Harry H. Corbett) and his cousin Ronnie (Ronnie Barker) are two boatmen operating a canal-boat and its butty for British Waterways. Though the canals are struggling due to declining traffic, Hemel refuses to leave the canals and is protective of his traditional lifestyle. He also has a reputation as a Don Juan, with girlfriends all across the canal network, something which Ronnie, always unlucky in love, is envious of.
The Comedy Man
The Comedy Man (1964)
, 1h32
Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price, Billie Whitelaw, Norman Rossington, Angela Douglas
Roles Bar manager
Rating67% 3.386513.386513.386513.386513.38651
Sacked from his job in provincial rep, actor Chick Byrd moves into digs in London with Julian, a fellow actor. Julian's career soars after a successful screen test, but Chick's meets with continued failure. Mobilised into action by the suicide of a friend, Chick auditions for a TV commercial and finally finds fame. Confident of his talents for the first time, but fearing he may have sold out, Chick leaves London to return to rep.
Sparrows Can't Sing
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
, 1h34
Directed by Joan Littlewood
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear, Brian Murphy, Yootha Joyce, George Sewell
Rating61% 3.085393.085393.085393.085393.08539
Cockney sailor Charlie comes home from a long voyage to find his house razed and his wife Maggie missing. Actually, she's now living with bus driver Bert and has a new baby--whose parentage is in doubt. Charlie's friends won't tell him where Maggie is because he's well known to have a foul temper. But he finally finds her and, after a fierce row with Bert, they are reconciled.
The Millionairess
The Millionairess (1960)
, 1h30
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price, Gary Raymond
Roles Whelk Seller
Rating54% 2.7028552.7028552.7028552.7028552.702855
By the terms of her late father's will, spoiled London heiress Epifania Parerga, the richest woman in the world, cannot marry unless her prospective husband is able to turn £500 into £15,000 within a three-month period. When Epifania becomes smitten with Alastair, a muscular tennis player, she rigs the contest by giving him £500 in stock and then buying it back for £15,000. Alastair is unable to live with the domineering Epifania, however, and leaves her for the more domestic Polly Smith.
I'm All Right Jack
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
, 1h45
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Margaret Rutherford, Terry-Thomas
Roles Worker
Rating70% 3.545153.545153.545153.545153.54515
After leaving the army and returning to university, newly graduated upper-class Stanley Windrush
The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth (1957)
, 1h31
Directed by Mario Zampi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Joan Sims
Roles Fred - paunchy old man
Rating67% 3.395663.395663.395663.395663.39566
Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price) is a blackmailer who threatens to publish embarrassing secrets in his magazine The Naked Truth. After attempting to blackmail a famous scientist (who commits suicide), and an MP (who suffers a heart attack in parliament, and probably succumbs), his latest targets are Lord Henry Mayley (Terry-Thomas), television host Sonny MacGregor (Peter Sellers), writer Flora Ransom (Peggy Mount), and model Melissa Right (Shirley Eaton).
The Strange Case of Dr. Manning
The Strange Case of Dr. Manning (1957)
, 1h15
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Greta Gynt, Ron Randell, Garard Green, Bruce Seton, Robert Raglan, Wally Patch
Roles Wally
Rating54% 2.7129152.7129152.7129152.7129152.712915
The rich and successful Dr. Manning is called out in the middle of the night to visit a private patient. He never returns and the next morning his wife Annette (Gynt) finds him missing. Soon after, she receives a ransom note demanding £5,000 for his release. The police are alerted and soon Annette is trying to deliver the money to various drop-off points specified by the kidnapper in telephone calls to her. The police keep watch, hoping to catch the kidnapper in the act of retrieving the money, but every attempts ends in failure as he fails to show up, realising the locations are being watched. Annette hires a private detective Nick Logan (Randell) to make his own investigations.
Josephine and Men
Josephine and Men (1955)

Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Finch, Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden, Heather Thatcher, Ronald Squire
Roles Landlord
Rating56% 2.81792.81792.81792.81792.8179
Josephine's (Glynis Johns) story is told in flashback by her suave bachelor uncle (Jack Buchanan). We hear how she rejects her wealthy fiancé Alan (Donald Sinden) for his friend David (Peter Finch), an unsuccessful playwright. But when their situations are reversed, Josephine's interest in David starts to wane. She is a woman we hear, always drawn to underdogs.
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 Bert Ebbutt
Rating60% 3.0031453.0031453.0031453.0031453.003145
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.