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Walter Forde is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor born on 21 april 1896
Walter Forde (21 April 1896, Lambeth, London, England – 7 January 1984, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.) (born Thomas Seymour Woolford) was a British actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Lambeth, South London in 1898 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.
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Birth 21 april 1896
Death 7 january 1984 (at 87 years)
Death 7 january 1984 (at 87 years)
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Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
, 1h24Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Nova Pilbeam, Edmund Gwenn, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, C.V. France, Peter Coke
Roles Pianist at Wedding
Rating59%
The film depicts the rivalry between two firms of brewers. Ironsides, a modern company led by the ruthless Edward Ironside and his son John, seeks territorial expansion to crush its rivals and seize control of their business. They are faced by the smaller, more gently run Greenleaf brewery which is about to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
You'd Be Surprised! (1930)
, 1h6Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Frank Stanmore, Walter Forde
Roles Walter
After dressing up as a prisoner for a fancy dress party, a songwriter is mistaken for a notorious escaped convict.
Would You Believe It! (1929)
, 57minutesDirected by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Walter Forde, Sidney Gilliat, Ian Wilson
Roles Walter
What Next? (1928)
Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Walter Forde, Frank Stanmore, Ian Wilson
Roles Walter
Wait and See (1928)
Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Frank Stanmore, Walter Forde, Ian Wilson
Roles Monty Merton
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Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
Directed by Walter Forde
Genres Comedy
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Jerry Desmonde, Brian Worth, Mary Clare, Anthony Hulme, born Harry Idris Miller, Miles Malleson
Rating62%
The Master of Bankdam (1947)
, 1h45Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Anne Crawford, Dennis Price, Linden Travers, David Tomlinson, Tom Walls, Nicholas Parsons
Rating67%
The film is the story of Bankdam, a small Yorkshire Mill. Run by the Crowther family, around 1860 it prospers and grows under its patriarch owner, Simeon Crowther. After family upheavals the firm goes through several crises under the management of his sons Zebediah and Joshua, who tend in oppose one and other. Joshua dies with many others in Mill collapse, partially blamed on his brother Zebediah. Joshua's role is taken over by his son Simeon. The old patriarch, Simeon dies. Zebediah with ill health retires to Vienna for treatment leaving his son, Lancelot Handel, with power of attorney in his absence. Things at the Mill deteriorate and a fatally ill, Zebediah returns and, with a mob outside the door, in a final scene he makes amends and entrusts Bankdam, not to his own son, but to Simeon as he realises that he is the only person that can save Bankham.
One Exciting Night (1944)
, 1h29Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Vera Lynn, Mary Clare, Donald Stewart, Frederick Leister, Cyril Smith, Richard Murdoch
Rating61%
Vera Baker is an aspiring singer desperate for an opportunity to impress producer Michael Thorne. Her chance arrives at a benefit concert that is also the scene of an attempted kidnapping of Thorne by gangsters chasing a priceless Rembrandt. Vera somehow eventually thwarts the villains, and along the way manages to wow the audience with her singing.
Time Flies (1944)
Directed by Walter Forde
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Time travel films
Actors Felix Aylmer, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Olga Lindo, Roy Emerton, Tommy Duggan
Rating54%
It's That Man Again (1943)
Directed by Walter Forde
Genres Comedy
Actors Greta Gynt, Vera Frances, Jean Kent
Rating57%
The Peterville Diamond (1943)
, 1h25Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart, Felix Aylmer, William Hartnell, Charles Victor, Joss Ambler
Rating58%
A thief tries to steal a diamond from the wife of a wealthy businessman, at her suggestion in an effort to get her husband to pay her more attention.
Go to Blazes (1942)
, 9minutesDirected by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Hay, Dame Thora Hird, Muriel George
Rating68%
When an incendiary bomb strikes his house during the Blitz, Hay fusses so ineptly with his extinguishing equipment that the bomb burns through the floor - and obligingly falls into a bucket of water in the basement. When a second bomb strikes, his daughter shows him how to do the job properly.
Flying Fortress (1942)
, 1h8Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Richard Greene, Carla Lehmann, Betty Stockfeld, Donald Stewart, Basil Radford, Edward Rigby
Rating53%
Pilot William "Sky" Kelly (Donald Stewart) is held responsible for an aircraft crash in which a passenger is killed; however, his friend, wealthy playboy James "Jim" Spence (Richard Greene), was actually piloting the aircraft. Kelly's sister Sydney (Carla Lehmann), a newspaper reporter, vows to clear her brother and name Kelly as the culprit. Spence and Sydney later meet amicably, but when a scandal photographer reveals Sydney's profession, Spence suspects her motives and ends their budding relationship.
Atlantic Ferry (1941)
Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Hartley Power, Griffith Jones, Margaretta Scott, Bessie Love
Rating60%
In the 1830s, two brothers set out to prove the worth of steamships by being the first to cross the Atlantic from Britain to the United States.
Gasbags (1941)
, 1h17Directed by Marcel Varnel, Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Moore Marriott, Wally Patch, Peter Gawthorne, Frederick Valk, Eric Clavering, Carl Jaffe
Rating54%
The film brims with British comedy talent of the period. The Crazy Gang’s mobile fish and chip shop is accidentally tied to a barrage balloon and the gang is carried to Nazi Germany. They are captured but break out of prison, impersonate Adolf Hitler and return to England in a stolen secret weapon.