Wally Patch
Birthday: 1888-09-26
Place of Birth: Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
A Jolly Bad Fellow
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas t...
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Bank Holiday
A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the s...
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The Skin Game
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village....
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Sparrows Can't Sing
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie ...
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Gasbags
It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold...
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Men Are Not Gods
Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of...
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Carry On!
'Admiral's son loves girl who becomes spy, and dies foiling her schemes.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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The King's Highway
'1765. Judge sentences highwayman to die, then finds he is his son.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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Tiger Bay
Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay t...
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The Adventures of Jane
Jane is given a bracelet by an elderly admirer. He is in league with Cleaver, a suave crook, and the...
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Dusty Ermine
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an ...
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Inspector Hornleigh
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspe...
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Off the Dole
Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle's private-detective agency....
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Alf's Button Afloat
Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp and th...
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Green Fingers
A fisherman begins studying to be an osteopath. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he b...
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The Perfect Flaw
A clerk is planning to murder a stockbroker but is foiled in the attempt....
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The Public Life of Henry the Ninth
Henry, an unemployed London street entertainer, gets his big break when he is engaged to perform as ...
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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (G...
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Let the People Sing
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a vill...
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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to inv...
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Where’s George?
A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for ...
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Owd Bob
Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottl...
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Operation Cupid
A gang of criminals plan to use a marriage agency that they won during a card game, to arrange a luc...
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Cathy Come Home
Cathy and Reg are a couple with three young children, who find their life spiralling into poverty wh...
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A Matter of Life and Death
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping ...
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I'm All Right Jack
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at...
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The Street Singer
Following an argument with his co-star during the rehearsals for a new stage show, famous singer Ric...
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The Ware Case
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the ...
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Doctor Syn
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this Britis...
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The Scarab Murder Case
One of a series of murder mysteries featuring the character Philo Vance. A Lost Movie...
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Smith
John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, ...
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Prison Breaker
A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soo...
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The Old Curiosity Shop
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of d...
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Night Ride
Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their ...
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Crime Unlimited
A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves....
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne B...
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Pygmalion
Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?...
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The Challenge
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (A...
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Poison Pen
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with ma...
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Gert and Daisy's Weekend
Gert and Daisy accompany a crowd of Cockney children who are being evacuated to a stately home in th...
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Get Off My Foot
A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune....
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that h...
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Not So Dusty
Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of so...
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I See Ice
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidenta...
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Castle Sinister
A scientist seeks to transplant the brain of a young girl into his apeman....
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Sword of Honour
A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in ...
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The Guns of Loos
Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western F...
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The Great Game
Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life playe...
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High Treason
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States...
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Thread o' Scarlet
'Innocent blacksmith hanged on circumstantial evidence.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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Nothing Barred
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to t...
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Here's George
'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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The Scotland Yard Mystery
A doctor uses his unique medical knowledge to mastermind a lucrative life-insurance scam; in a rare ...
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Up for the Derby
'Stableboy buys ruined employer's horse and wins Derby.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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Dora
'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social lif...
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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur ...
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Band Waggon
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians...
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The Flying Squad
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organi...
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Neutral Port
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Cap...
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Night Alone
Charles and Barbara are a devoted couple who, in seven years' marriage, have never spent a night apa...
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George in Civvy Street
George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current emp...
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Those Were the Days
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern...
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Excuse My Glove
A young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight...
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Shooting Stars
The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers sh...
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The Sky’s the Limit
Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his frie...
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Laugh It Off
As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his...
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The Crime at Blossoms
After moving into a picturesque country cottage, a woman becomes increasingly concerned about the fa...
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The Fire Raisers
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a ga...
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Farewell Again
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've...
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Return to Yesterday
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre ...
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Badger’s Green
A lovely English village is threatened with "development" by a speculative builder. The annual crick...
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Britannia of Billingsgate
The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to ...
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Death on the Set
A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters plac...
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A Glimpse of Paradise
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI....
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The Man Who Made Diamonds
“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, h...
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Quiet, Please
“Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI....
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Hail and Farewell
“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted onl...
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Poor Cow
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with...
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Three Clear Sundays
Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolish...
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The Butler's Dilemma
Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant n...
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Quiet Wedding
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day....
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The Common Touch
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the C...
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I Thank You
Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-...
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Cottage to Let
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hosp...
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They Came by Night
A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist....
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Henry Steps Out
On the outbreak of the Second World War an idler is forced to join the army by his domineering wife....
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The Seventh Survivor
During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat ca...
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Bob's Your Uncle
Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to...
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The Millionairess
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She...
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Shadows
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of cr...
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The Sport of Kings
Algernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove...
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The Great Gay Road
'Romance of the open road and the circus. A tramp poses as baronet's lost son but relinquishes his s...
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Busman's Holiday
A bus conductor and his driver manage to round up a gang of criminals....
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Once in a New Moon
When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the...
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Street Song
Lucy and her brother are struggling to make a go of their Soho pet shop, until Lucy meets Tom, a str...
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The Price of Folly
When Leonora Corbett phones Colin Keith-Johnson that she wants to give their marriage another chance...
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Much Too Shy
A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders port...
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Serena
Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murder...
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Calling Paul Temple
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several w...
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The Guinea Pig
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experimen...
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Wanted for Murder
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist th...
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Unpublished Story
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisa...
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Passing Shadows
The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is att...
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Get Cracking
Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sherida...
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Death by Design
Dastardly deeds are afoot in a smog of pipe smoke when a man is found dead - is it cyanide poisoning...
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The Comedy Man
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job...
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Music Hall
A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts....
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Dandy Dick
The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, wi...
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The Adventure of the Torture Cage
Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase ...
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Josephine and Men
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch f...
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Salute the Toff
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films....
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Hammer the Toff
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula....
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Helter Skelter
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping....
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I Didn't Do It
Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in...
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Night Train to Munich
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, invent...
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Old Mother Riley at Home
Old Mother Riley and her daughter's true love, Dan, go in search of Kitty who has run off with her n...
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Date with a Dream
Four war-time performers known for their concert parties, have a reunion. They decide they are still...
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Read All About It
An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing edito...
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The Naked Truth
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the per...
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The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an...
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Sorrell and Son
Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband a...
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The Coming Out Party
When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them....
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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until t...
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In Which We Serve
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action...
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Don Chicago
Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mul...
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Sabotage at Sea
The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the...
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Good-Time Girl
Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in p...
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Appointment with Crime
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and dri...
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Will Any Gentleman...?
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without ...
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Pygmalion
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Dooli...
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The Mind of Mr. Reeder
Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets...
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Tell England
In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve...
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His Majesty & Co.
John, holidaying in the Ruritanian principality of Poldavia, falls for Princess Sandra. Returning to...
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Up the Junction
The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factori...
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The Night We Got the Bird
Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crook...
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Too Many Crooks
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Go...
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Trottie True
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to ...
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Pack Up Your Troubles
Garage owner Tommy and ventriloquist friend Eric join the army and go to France, where they are capt...
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