Ralph Lynn

Acting

Ralph Lynn

Born March 17, 1882 · Salford, Lancashire, England, UK

Died August 8, 1962 · aged 80

Ralph Clifford Lynn (8 March 1882 – 8 August 1962) was an English actor who had a 60-year career, and is best remembered for playing comedy parts in the Aldwych farces first on stage and then in film.

Known For

Address UnknownAddress Unknown · 1944
Address Unknown
★ 6.41944
MovieDramaThriller
When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted to Nazi propaganda.
A Cup of KindnessA Cup of Kindness · 1934
A Cup of Kindness
★ 10.01934
MovieComedy
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
Dirty WorkDirty Work · 1934
Dirty Work
★ 7.01934
MovieComedy
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
A Night Like ThisA Night Like This · 1932
A Night Like This
★ 7.01932
MovieComedy
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
A Cuckoo in the NestA Cuckoo in the Nest · 1933
A Cuckoo in the Nest
★ 6.21933
MovieComedy
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
Stormy WeatherStormy Weather · 1935
Stormy Weather
★ 7.01935
MovieComedy
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
There Goes KellyThere Goes Kelly · 1945
There Goes Kelly
★ 6.01945
MovieComedyMystery
Two young men working as pages at a radio station try to get an audition for a girl they know who wants to be a singer. When the station's star singer is murdered, they decide to solve the crime themselves.
Pot LuckPot Luck · 1936
Pot Luck
★ 7.01936
MovieComedyCrime
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.

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Stormy WeatherStormy Weather · 1935
Stormy Weather
★ 7.01935
MovieComedy
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.

Mr. Raymond Penny