Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

December 23, 1909 · 116 years old

Maurice Denham OBE (23 December 1909 – 24 July 2002) was an English character actor who appeared in over 100 television programmes and films throughout his long career. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

32 titles
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The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

1973 · 2h 23m · Movie

In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.

7.8
2
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

1954 · 1h 12m · Movie

A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when the victors create a new tyranny among themselves.

7.2
3
Curse of the Demon

Curse of the Demon

1957 · 1h 36m · Movie

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.

7.4
4
84 Charing Cross Road

84 Charing Cross Road

1987 · 1h 40m · Movie

Based on the true story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books, which later developed into a close, long-distance friendship that evolved over the course of two decades.

7.4
5
Julia

Julia

1977 · 1h 57m · Movie

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

7.1
6
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

1965 · 2h 18m · Movie

Hoping to push Britain to the forefront of aviation, a London publisher organizes an international air race across the English Channel, but must contend with two entrants vying for his daughter, as well as national rivalries and c...

7.0
7
The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

1965 · 2h 11m · Movie

Norwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce heavy water needed for making atomic bombs during World War II.

6.5
8
Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971 · 1h 50m · Movie

The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.

7.0
9
Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

1960 · 1h 51m · Movie

Expatriate vacuum cleaner salesman Jim Wormold agrees to work as an agent, and to recruit new agents, for the British Secret Service in Cuba, but he soon realizes that his deceptive ways are going to get him in trouble.

7.2
10
Countess Dracula

Countess Dracula

1971 · 1h 33m · Movie

In 17th-century Hungary, elderly widow Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy maintains her misleading youthful appearance by bathing in the blood of virgins regularly supplied to her by faithful servant Captain Dobi.

5.9
11
After the Fox

After the Fox

1966 · 1h 43m · Movie

An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.

6.4
12
Man with a Million

Man with a Million

1954 · 1h 30m · Movie

As part of a bet, two aristocrats offer a penniless American a loan, without telling him that the amount is £1,000,000 in the form of a single banknote.

6.8
13
Torture Garden

Torture Garden

1967 · 1h 33m · Movie

An anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.

6.1
14
Shout at the Devil

Shout at the Devil

1976 · 2h 30m · Movie

During World War I, a British aristocrat, an American entrepreneur, and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battlecruiser, which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar.

6.1
15
Paranoiac

Paranoiac

1963 · 1h 20m · Movie

A man long believed dead returns to the family estate to claim his inheritance.

6.7
16
Damn the Defiant!

Damn the Defiant!

1962 · 1h 41m · Movie

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

7.1
17
23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956 · 1h 43m · Movie

A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.

6.9
18
Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch

1960 · 1h 18m · Movie

While in prison, Dodger plots the perfect heist: break out, steal diamonds, get back before noticed. With days left on sentence and a solid alibi, he's confident nothing can go wrong.

6.8
19
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington

1987 · 1h 50m · Movie

A friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go undercover.

7.6
20
The Purple Plain

The Purple Plain

1954 · 1h 40m · Movie

In World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid.

6.5
21
I Became a Criminal

I Became a Criminal

1947 · 1h 18m · Movie

After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge.

7.2
22
The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders

1965 · 1h 30m · Movie

Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

5.3
23
The Last Vampyre

The Last Vampyre

1993 · 1h 46m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.

6.7
24
The Mark

The Mark

1961 · 2h 7m · Movie

A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.

7.2
25
Court Martial

Court Martial

1954 · 1h 45m · Movie

A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.

6.9
26
The Long Duel

The Long Duel

1967 · 1h 55m · Movie

To protest against British oppression and tyranny a tribal leader becomes a bandit.

5.9
27
Tears in the Rain

Tears in the Rain

1988 · 1h 40m · Movie

Casey's mother's dying wish was to deliver a letter to an English lord who Casey knows nothing about. While fulfilling her duty, Casey meets the Lord's son, who immediately falls for the American visitor.

5.8
28
Schalcken the Painter

Schalcken the Painter

1979 · 1h 8m · Movie

Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?

7.0
29
Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura

1955 · 1h 27m · Movie

In the 1950s days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea of basing a family drama series on a real-life happily-married actor couple. Unfortunately, he chooses the Fosters, who need the money and so do...

6.3
30
Midas Run

Midas Run

1969 · 1h 46m · Movie

A veteran Secret Service Agent from Britain hijacks a government shipment of fifteen million dollars of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.

4.8
31
The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

1948 · 1h 27m · Movie

Lord Brasted is in charge of a postwar fund for displaced persons. His secretary, Derek Waterhouse, visits the Prime Minister to accuse Brasted of taking money from the fund. This results in a libel case made difficult for Waterho...

6.4
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Negatives

Negatives

1968 · 1h 38m · Movie

A couple's bizarre romantic relationship is disrupted by the intrusion of a third person.

5.8