Richard Bird

Acting

Richard Bird

Born April 4, 1895 · Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Died December 1, 1979 · aged 84

No biography available.

Known For

The Halfway HouseThe Halfway House · 1944
The Halfway House
★ 6.51944
MovieMysteryDrama
A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?
The Door with Seven LocksThe Door with Seven Locks · 1940
The Door with Seven Locks
★ 6.21940
MovieHorrorThriller
A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A mad doctor uses an iron maiden to systematically eliminate the heirs to the fortune.
ForbiddenForbidden · 1949
Forbidden
★ 7.11949
MovieThrillerDrama
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
Bulldog Drummond at BayBulldog Drummond at Bay · 1937
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
★ 6.31937
MovieActionThriller
Drummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
Invitation to the WaltzInvitation to the Waltz · 1935
Invitation to the Waltz
★ 8.01935
Movie
As the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England falls for a pretty ballerina.
Don't Take It to HeartDon't Take It to Heart · 1944
Don't Take It to Heart
★ 6.31944
MovieComedyRomance
A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect their ancient rights against a meddling newcomer.
The Crouching BeastThe Crouching Beast · 1935
The Crouching Beast
★ 9.01935
MovieWarAction
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.
The Right to LiveThe Right to Live · 1933
The Right to Live
★ 8.01933
MovieCrime
A shady financier tries to acquire a new chemical

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What Happened Then?What Happened Then? · 1934
What Happened Then?
★ 6.21934
MovieRomanceCrime
Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when he was a young boy. The prosecution allows his motive was fear of being disinherited if he married his fiancé, the fair Alicia Atherton, against his uncle's wishes, and the prosecution lays a mountain of evidence against Raymond, including his razor, dragged from an artificial lake on the estate, as the murder weapon; Raymond's bloody fingerprints and footprints found at the scene of bedroom crime, and his bloody shoes, found in his cupboard and bloody monogrammed-handkerchief found under his uncle's death bed. Raymond's only defense is that he could not have committed the crime as he goes into a paroxysm of dread at the mere sight of blood, a phobia he has had ever since childhood when his dog was run over by a lorry and the dog's blood was splattered into his face.

Peter Bromley