Acting

Naunton Wayne

Born June 22, 1901 · Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Died November 17, 1970 · aged 69

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Naunton Wayne (22 June 1901 - 17 November 1970), was a British character actor, born in Llanwonno, South Wales. He was educated at Clifton College. He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of The Lady Vanishes, a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-…

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The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes · 1938

The Lady Vanishes

MovieMysteryThriller

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Dead of Night

Dead of Night · 1945

MovieHorrorThriller

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt · 1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.

Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich · 1940

Night Train to Munich

MovieDramaThriller

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.

Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico · 1949

Passport to Pimlico

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.

Obsession

Obsession · 1949

MovieThrillerCrime

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter · 1949

MovieComedyRomance

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

Circle of Danger

Circle of Danger · 1951

Circle of Danger

MovieMysteryThriller

An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.

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The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes · 1938

The Lady Vanishes

MovieMysteryThriller

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Caldicott

Dead of Night

Dead of Night · 1945

MovieHorrorThriller

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

Larry Potter (Segment "The Golfing Story")

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt · 1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.

George Blakeworth

Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich · 1940

Night Train to Munich

MovieDramaThriller

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.

Caldicott

Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico · 1949

Passport to Pimlico

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.

Straker

Obsession

Obsession · 1949

MovieThrillerCrime

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

Supt. Finsbury

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter · 1949

MovieComedyRomance

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

Capt. Early (uncredited)

Circle of Danger

Circle of Danger · 1951

Circle of Danger

MovieMysteryThriller

An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.

Reggie Sinclair

Quartet

Quartet · 1948

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life")

The Next of Kin

The Next of Kin · 1942

The Next of Kin

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.

Careless Talker on Train

A Girl Must Live

A Girl Must Live · 1939

A Girl Must Live

MovieComedyDrama

A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.

Hugo Smythe

Millions Like Us

Millions Like Us · 1943

Millions Like Us

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.

Caldicott

Trio

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

Mr. Ramsey

The Happy Family

The Happy Family · 1952

The Happy Family

When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.

Mr. Filch

Double Confession

Double Confession · 1950

Double Confession

MovieThrillerCrime

The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.

Inspector Tenby

Highly Dangerous

Highly Dangerous · 1950

Highly Dangerous

MovieThrillerAction

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

Mr. Hedgerley

Operation Bullshine

Operation Bullshine · 1959

Operation Bullshine

During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as him paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.

Major Pym

Nothing Barred

Nothing Barred · 1961

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?

Lord Whitebait

Something Always Happens

Something Always Happens · 1934

Something Always Happens

MovieComedyRomance

Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol stations more attractive to customers. When the man rejects the idea Peter joins a rival company and becomes a great success.

Man Refusing to Help Peter

Double Bunk

Double Bunk · 1961

When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France, and with no fuel and supplies, they resort to desperate actions to get back home.

1st Thames Conservancy Officer

Crook's Tour

Crook's Tour · 1940

MovieComedyMystery

Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.

Sinclair Caldicott

A Girl in a Million

A Girl in a Million · 1946

A Girl in a Million

A young scientist freed by divorce from a nagging wife, isolates himself from women. His peace is broken by a lovely young girl to whom he is forced to give shelter. He marries her and finds that his dumb wife is not so dumb.

Fotheringham

Stop Press Girl

Stop Press Girl · 1949

Stop Press Girl

A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.

The Mechanical Type

Tall Headlines

Tall Headlines · 1952

A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

Police Inspector Saunders

Theatre Night

Theatre Night · 1957

A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.

Sir William Benedick-Barlow