Acting

Frank Birch

Born December 5, 1889 · London, England, UK

Died February 14, 1956 · aged 66

Frank Birch was born on 5 December 1889 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Ashes (1930) and Le médecin malgré lui (1938). He was married to Hon. Vera Benedicta. He died on 14 February 1956 in London, England, UK.

Known For

The ChallengeThe Challenge · 1938
The Challenge
★ 6.31938
MovieRomanceAdventure
During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.
Victoria the GreatVictoria the Great · 1937
Victoria the Great
★ 5.61937
MovieDramaHistory
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
Jump for GloryJump for Glory · 1937
Jump for Glory
★ 5.71937
MovieAdventureCrime
A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.
Face the MusicFace the Music · 1954
Face the Music
★ 5.81954
MovieCrimeThriller
A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he narrows the suspects to four people, but only after surviving poison placed on the mouthpiece of his trumpet!
Double ExposuresDouble Exposures · 1937
Double Exposures
★ 7.01937
MovieCrime
A industrialist has a row with his son, who leaves home. Meanwhile, both his assistant and solicitor conspire to embezzle a fortune in bonds. A plucky young newspaper reporter pursues the rich man's daughter.
Will Any Gentleman...?Will Any Gentleman...? · 1953
Will Any Gentleman...?
★ 6.31953
MovieComedy
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.
Who Goes Next?Who Goes Next? · 1938
Who Goes Next?
★ 7.01938
MovieWar
During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-war camp.
The Insect PlayThe Insect Play · 1939
The Insect Play
★ 7.01939
MovieMusicDrama
A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their lifestyle and morality: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self-serving dung beetle, the ants, whose increasingly mechanized behavior leads to a militaristic society.

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