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Richard Bird est un Acteur et Réalisateur Britannique né le 4 avril 1895 à Liverpool (Royaume-uni)
Richard Bird (1894 – 28 September 1986) was an English actor and director of stage and screen. Born George, Bird took the stage name Richard Bird after being nicknamed "Dickie" by his theatre colleagues.
After working in a newspaper office for a year he made his stage debut as a member of the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1917. He went on to appear on both the London and American stage, making his film debut in some silent shorts during 1919.
He appeared in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, mostly in comedic roles. His most memorable film performances were as Richard French in the supernatural Ealing drama The Halfway House and as Arthur the ghost in the comedy Don't Take It to Heart (both 1944). He made his last film in 1949 but carried on acting in television until the 1960s.
He directed the 1938 film version of Edgar Wallace's The Terror, as well as the 1943 stage adaptation of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock at the Garrick Theatre, London.
He died in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 4 avril 1895 à Liverpool (Royaume-uni)
Mort 1 décembre 1979 (à 84 ans) à Regina (Canada)
Naissance 4 avril 1895 à Liverpool (Royaume-uni)
Mort 1 décembre 1979 (à 84 ans) à Regina (Canada)
After working in a newspaper office for a year he made his stage debut as a member of the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1917. He went on to appear on both the London and American stage, making his film debut in some silent shorts during 1919.
He appeared in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, mostly in comedic roles. His most memorable film performances were as Richard French in the supernatural Ealing drama The Halfway House and as Arthur the ghost in the comedy Don't Take It to Heart (both 1944). He made his last film in 1949 but carried on acting in television until the 1960s.
He directed the 1938 film version of Edgar Wallace's The Terror, as well as the 1943 stage adaptation of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock at the Garrick Theatre, London.
He died in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Forbidden (1949)
, 1h27Réalisé par George King
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller
Acteurs Douglass Montgomery, Hazel Court, Garry Marsh, Patricia Burke, Ronald Shiner, Kenneth Griffith
Rôle Jennings
Note64%
This thriller is set in Blackpool, where trained chemist Jim Harding (Douglass Montgomery) has been reduced to making a living peddling potions and medicines from a fairground stall with a former army colleague Dan Collins (Ronald Shiner). Trapped in a loveless marriage with the vulgar, shrewish and domineering harpy Diana (Patricia Burke), a woman who harbours ambitions of breaking into showbusiness, Jim finds himself attracted to the kinder working-class Jane Thompson (Hazel Court), who sells candyfloss and ice cream at an adjacent stall on the fairground. Jim does not reveal to Jane that he is married as the two fall in love and begin an affair. Diana meanwhile is engaged in a liaison of her own with the older Jerry Burns (Garry Marsh), who she believes will be able to help with her theatrical aspirations.
Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
, 1h30Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Richard Greene, Alfred Drayton, Patricia Medina, Moore Marriott, David Horne, Joan Hickson
Rôle Ghost / Arthur
Note64%
L'Auberge Fantôme (1944)
, 1h35Réalisé par Basil Dearden
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Fantastique, Fantasy, Horreur
Thèmes Théâtre, Politique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Françoise Rosay, Richard Bird, Tom Walls
Rôle Squadron Leader Richard French
Note65%
David Davies, un célèbre chef d'orchestre, apprend qu'il ne lui reste que trois mois à vivre et son médecin lui propose de faire un séjour à The Halfway House, un petit hôtel situé dans une partie isolée du Pays de Galles. Parallèlement, Richard French est également en route pour l'hôtel avec sa fille, Joanna, qui à son insu ses parents discuter de leur projet de divorce. À la gare, ils rencontrent un jeune couple, Terence et Margaret, et tous les quatre marchent ensemble jusqu'à l'hôtel. Se rendent également à l'hôtel William Oakley, un profiteur de guerre, et son ami le capitaine Fortesque, qui vient de refuser de travailler comme directeur de prison parce qu'il ne veut pas contribuer à l'effort de guerre.
I'll Walk Beside You (1943)
, 1h28Réalisé par Maclean Rogers
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Richard Bird, Lesley Brook, Percy Marmont, Hugh Miller, Sylvia Marriott, Beatrice Varley
Rôle John Brent
Note53%
La Chambre aux supplices (1940)
, 1h29Réalisé par Norman Lee
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Horreur
Acteurs Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer, Romilly Lunge, Gina Malo, David Horne, Richard Bird
Rôle Inspector Cornelius 'Andy' Sneed
Note55%
Un riche seigneur meurt et est enseveli avec un précieux dépôt de bijoux. Sept clés sont nécessaires pour déverrouiller la tombe et mettre la main sur le trésor. Un médecin fou utilise une vierge de fer pour éliminer systématiquement les héritiers de la fortune.Ld
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
, 1h18Réalisé par Norman Lee
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action
Acteurs John Lodge, Dorothy Mackaill, Victor Jory, Claud Allister, Richard Bird, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Rôle Caldwell
Note58%
Bulldog Drummond goes up against a gang of foreign agents who are members of a British pacifist organisation called "The Key". The agents kidnap an inventor to discover the steal plans for a top-secret robot aircraft.
Sensation (1936)
Réalisé par Brian Desmond Hurst
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs John Lodge, Francis Lister, Joan Marion, Diana Churchill, Margaret Vyner, Jerry Verno
Rôle Henry Beicher
Note57%
The Crouching Beast (1935)
Genres Drame, Guerre, Action
Acteurs Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson, Richard Bird, Andrews Engelmann, Isabel Jeans, Peter Gawthorne
Rôle Nigel Druce
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist.
Invitation To The Waltz (1935)
Réalisé par Paul Merzbach
Genres Musical
Thèmes Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Lilian Harvey, Wendy Toye, Carl Esmond, Harold Warrender, Richard Bird, Esmé Percy
Rôle Weber
Note58%
Lilian Harvey, the toast of two continents, is her usual radiant self in Invitation to the Waltz. Harvey plays Jenny Peachey (honest!), a Drury Lane ballerina during the Napoleonic Wars. Swept off her slippers by the handsome Duke of Wurtemberg (Harold Warrender), Jenny gives up her dancing career to become the Duke's mistress. As the war between England and France intensifies, our heroine uses her influence to persuade the Duke to sign a treaty with England, thereby helping to bring about the downfall of Napoleon (Esme Percy). Through it all, Jenny is worshipped from afar by handsome Lieutenant Carl (Carl Esmond). Magnificently produced, Invitation to the Waltz was a lighthearted follow-up to Lillian Harvey's more serious "ballerina sacrifices all" opus, Schwartze Rosen.
Mimi (1935)
, 1h34Réalisé par Paul L. Stein
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Gertrude Lawrence, Harold Warrender, Carol Goodner, Martin Walker, Austin Trevor
Rôle Colline
Note51%
The Great Defender (1934)
, 1h12Réalisé par Thomas Bentley
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Acteurs Matheson Lang, Arthur Margetson, Richard Bird, Hal Gordon, Kathleen Harrison, Jeanne Stuart
Rôle Eric Hammond
Note63%
The Right to Live (1933)
Réalisé par Albert Parker
Genres Policier
Acteurs Colin Clive, Davy Burnaby, Richard Bird, Francis L. Sullivan
Rôle Richard Fulton
A shady financier tries to acquire a new chemical.
Nine Till Six (1932)
, 1h15Réalisé par Basil Dean
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Louise Hampton, Elizabeth Allan, Florence Desmond, Richard Bird, Kay Hammond, Alison Leggatt
Rôle Jimmie Pennarth
Two women of different social backgrounds work together in a dressmakers.
The Water Gipsies (1932)
, 1h20Réalisé par Maurice Elvey
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Ann Todd, Ian Hunter, Richard Bird, Barbara Gott, Moore Marriott, Miles Malleson
Rôle Ernest
Note61%
White Face (1932)
, 1h10Réalisé par T. Hayes Hunter
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Hugh Williams, Gordon Harker, Norman McKinnel, Renee Gadd, Richard Bird, Nora Swinburne
Rôle Donald Bateman
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.