Acting
Moore Marriott
Born September 14, 1885 · Alpha Place, Yiewsley, Middlesex, England, UK
Died December 11, 1949 · aged 64
No biography available.
Known For
Owd Bob · 1938Owd Bob
★ 5.61938
MovieRomanceDrama
Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.
Cheer Boys Cheer · 1939Cheer Boys Cheer
★ 6.31939
MovieComedy
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
Carry On! · 1927Carry On!
★ 9.01927
MovieWar
'Admiral's son loves girl who becomes spy, and dies foiling her schemes.' (British Film Catalogue)
Sweeney Todd · 1928Sweeney Todd
★ 5.31928
MovieDramaHorror
A man dreams he is the 'demon barber' who cuts sailors' throats for jewels and uses the corpses for pies.
Hi Gang! · 1941Hi Gang!
★ 6.71941
MovieRomanceComedy
Hi Gang! is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Vic Oliver. It was a spin-off from the popular radio series Hi Gang!.
Widecombe Fair · 1928Widecombe Fair
★ 10.01928
Movie
'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)
Hawleys of High Street · 1933Hawleys of High Street
★ 9.01933
MovieComedy
A butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council.
Love's Old Sweet Song · 1933Love's Old Sweet Song
★ 9.01933
MovieRomance
'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)
Movies
Owd Bob · 1938Owd Bob
★ 5.61938
MovieRomanceDrama
Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.
Cheer Boys Cheer · 1939Cheer Boys Cheer
★ 6.31939
MovieComedy
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
Carry On! · 1927Carry On!
★ 9.01927
MovieWar
'Admiral's son loves girl who becomes spy, and dies foiling her schemes.' (British Film Catalogue)
Sweeney Todd · 1928Sweeney Todd
★ 5.31928
MovieDramaHorror
A man dreams he is the 'demon barber' who cuts sailors' throats for jewels and uses the corpses for pies.
Hi Gang! · 1941Hi Gang!
★ 6.71941
MovieRomanceComedy
Hi Gang! is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Vic Oliver. It was a spin-off from the popular radio series Hi Gang!.
Widecombe Fair · 1928Widecombe Fair
★ 10.01928
Movie
'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)
Hawleys of High Street · 1933Hawleys of High Street
★ 9.01933
MovieComedy
A butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council.
Love's Old Sweet Song · 1933Love's Old Sweet Song
★ 9.01933
MovieRomance
'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt · 1940Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
★ 5.61940
MovieComedy
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. The film is one of many to be made based on the farce Charley's Aunt. Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college.
Oh, Mr. Porter! · 1937Oh, Mr. Porter!
★ 7.01937
MovieComedy
Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after gunrunners make off with a train.
I'll Be Your Sweetheart · 1945I'll Be Your Sweetheart
★ 6.51945
MovieMusic
In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.
A Place of One's Own · 1945A Place of One's Own
★ 5.81945
MovieDramaHorror
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
Green for Danger · 1946Green for Danger
★ 6.71946
MovieMysteryCrime
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?
Windbag the Sailor · 1936Windbag the Sailor
★ 7.51936
MovieComedy
Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked. This was the first film to couple Will Hay with both Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.
Victoria the Great · 1937Victoria 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.
Kissing Cup's Race · 1930Kissing Cup's Race
★ 9.01930
MovieDrama
A drama film directed by Castleton Knight .
Millions Like Us · 1943Millions Like Us
★ 5.61943
MovieDramaWar
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
Feather Your Nest · 1937Feather Your Nest
★ 8.01937
MovieMusicComedy
A worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
Back-Room Boy · 1942Back-Room Boy
★ 6.61942
MovieComedy
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...
The Agitator · 1945The Agitator
★ 6.31945
MovieDrama
The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley.
Time Flies · 1944Time Flies
★ 6.01944
MovieComedyScience Fiction
The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
Ask a Policeman · 1939Ask a Policeman
★ 7.41939
MovieComedy
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.
Convict 99 · 1938Convict 99
★ 7.01938
MovieComedy
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case · 1932The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
★ 4.81932
MovieMysteryThriller
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.