Acting
Nigel Patrick
Born May 2, 1913 · Clapham, London, England, UK
Died September 21, 1981 · aged 68
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nigel Patrick (born Nigel Dennis Wemyss; 2 May 1913 - 21 September 1981) was an English actor and stage director born into a theatrical family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nigel Patrick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Sapphire · 1959Sapphire
★ 7.01959
MovieMysteryCrime
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
Battle of Britain · 1969Battle of Britain
★ 6.91969
MovieWarHistory
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
The MacKintosh Man · 1973The MacKintosh Man
★ 6.11973
MovieThriller
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
The Executioner · 1970The Executioner
★ 5.91970
MovieThriller
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
The League of Gentlemen · 1960The League of Gentlemen
★ 7.01960
MovieComedyCrime
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Tales from the Crypt · 1972Tales from the Crypt
★ 6.81972
MovieHorror
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who tells them each their fate. The enigmatic figure's macabre stories involve a wife dabbling in murder, a retired sanitation worker targeted by his suspicious neighbors, and an adulterer who may face a fitting demise if the yarns come true.
Raintree County · 1957Raintree County
★ 6.41957
MovieRomanceDrama
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman · 1951Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
★ 6.71951
MovieRomanceDrama
Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ultimate act of love.
Movies
Sapphire · 1959Sapphire
★ 7.01959
MovieMysteryCrime
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
Battle of Britain · 1969Battle of Britain
★ 6.91969
MovieWarHistory
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
The MacKintosh Man · 1973The MacKintosh Man
★ 6.11973
MovieThriller
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
The Executioner · 1970The Executioner
★ 5.91970
MovieThriller
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
The League of Gentlemen · 1960The League of Gentlemen
★ 7.01960
MovieComedyCrime
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Tales from the Crypt · 1972Tales from the Crypt
★ 6.81972
MovieHorror
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who tells them each their fate. The enigmatic figure's macabre stories involve a wife dabbling in murder, a retired sanitation worker targeted by his suspicious neighbors, and an adulterer who may face a fitting demise if the yarns come true.
Raintree County · 1957Raintree County
★ 6.41957
MovieRomanceDrama
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman · 1951Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
★ 6.71951
MovieRomanceDrama
Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ultimate act of love.
Meet Me Tonight · 1952Meet Me Tonight
★ 7.11952
MovieComedy
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.
The Browning Version · 1951The Browning Version
★ 7.61951
MovieDrama
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
The Virgin Soldiers · 1969The Virgin Soldiers
★ 6.81969
MovieWarComedy
The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
The Sound Barrier · 1952The Sound Barrier
★ 6.51952
MovieDramaRomance
A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of aviation, just as commercial jet airliners are about to enter service.
A Prize of Gold · 1955A Prize of Gold
★ 5.71955
MovieDramaWar
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde · 1960The Trials of Oscar Wilde
★ 6.31960
MovieDramaHistory
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
The Pickwick Papers · 1952The Pickwick Papers
★ 7.01952
MovieComedyAdventure
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
Morning Departure · 1950Morning Departure
★ 6.91950
MovieDrama
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
The Man Inside · 1958The Man Inside
★ 6.11958
MovieAdventureCrime
A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft.
The Sea Shall Not Have Them · 1954The Sea Shall Not Have Them
★ 7.31954
MovieDramaWar
During the autumn of 1944, RAF Hudson, carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information, is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives awaiting the rescue they hope will come. The film's title reflects the motto of the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, one of whose high speed launches battles against its own mechanical problems, enemy action, time and the weather to locate and rescue the downed crew and the vital secret papers they carry.
Grand National Night · 1953Grand National Night
★ 7.91953
MovieCrimeThriller
The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.
Johnny Nobody · 1961Johnny Nobody
★ 6.61961
MovieCrimeMystery
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey mulls questions of belief raised by the case. And then, the good father learns a little more about Johnny Nobody...
The Informers · 1963The Informers
★ 6.81963
MovieCrime
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth.
Goal! · 1966Goal!
★ 7.41966
MovieDocumentary
This entertaining documentary of the World Cup Soccer tournament of 1966 follows the 15 countries competing for the sport's most coveted prize. Nigel Patrick narrates, with commentary provided by Brian Glanville. The executive producer spent $336,000 on the production and used 117 cameras to record nearly 48 hours worth of action. Four editors were employed to create the final 108-minute feature.
Young Wives' Tale · 1951Young Wives' Tale
★ 5.31951
MovieComedyRomance
A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.
Forbidden Cargo · 1954Forbidden Cargo
★ 6.91954
MovieCrimeThriller
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
