Acting

Fred Griffiths

Born March 8, 1912 · Ludlow, Shropshire, England, UK

Died August 27, 1994 · aged 82

Fred Griffiths was born on March 8, 1912 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England as Frederick David Griffiths. He was an actor, known for To Sir, with Love (1967), Steptoe and Son(1972) and The Cruel Sea (1953). He was married to Emily Sadler. He died on August 27, 1994 in London, England. He was a fireman based in Chelsea during the war and broke into acting by accident. He played a taxi driver in no le…

Known For

To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love · 1967

To Sir, with Love

A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers · 1955

The Ladykillers

MovieComedyCrime

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop · 1963

Murder at the Gallop

MovieComedyCrime

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes · 1960

The Battle of the Sexes

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.

Pool of London

Pool of London · 1951

MovieCrimeDrama

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

No Sex Please - We're British

No Sex Please - We're British · 1973

No Sex Please - We're British

A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the bank's head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.

Billion Dollar Brain

Billion Dollar Brain · 1967

Billion Dollar Brain

A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

Carry On Nurse

Carry On Nurse · 1959

In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who's a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell wants his bunion removed straight away, so after a couple of pints, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!

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To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love · 1967

To Sir, with Love

A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.

Mr. Clark

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers · 1955

The Ladykillers

MovieComedyCrime

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Junk Man (uncredited)

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop · 1963

Murder at the Gallop

MovieComedyCrime

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

Landlord (uncredited)

The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes · 1960

The Battle of the Sexes

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.

1st Porter

Pool of London

Pool of London · 1951

MovieCrimeDrama

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

Sailor on Barge (uncredited)

No Sex Please - We're British

No Sex Please - We're British · 1973

No Sex Please - We're British

A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the bank's head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.

Delivery Man

Billion Dollar Brain

Billion Dollar Brain · 1967

Billion Dollar Brain

A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

Taxi Driver

Carry On Nurse

Carry On Nurse · 1959

In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who's a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell wants his bunion removed straight away, so after a couple of pints, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!

Ambulance Man

Dunkirk

Dunkirk · 1958

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

Old Sweat

The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea · 1953

MovieDramaHistory

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer.

Gracey

That's Carry On!

That's Carry On! · 1977

That's Carry On!

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series. From the original, military mayhem of Carry On Sergeant, through to the really ancient archaeological gags of Carry On Behind, our saucy hosts get their titters out for this laugh-a-second gallop through the most successful series of British comedy films ever made.

Taxi Driver (archive footage) (uncredited)

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack · 1959

I'm All Right Jack

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

Charlie

There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man · 1960

There Was a Crooked Man

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.

Taxi Driver

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.

Spiv

Carry On Loving

Carry On Loving · 1970

Carry On Loving

MovieRomanceComedy

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.

Taxi Driver

It Always Rains on Sunday

It Always Rains on Sunday · 1947

It Always Rains on Sunday

MovieDramaCrime

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

Sam

23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street · 1956

23 Paces to Baker Street

MovieCrimeMystery

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.

Doctor in the House

Doctor in the House · 1954

Doctor in the House

The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth · 1958

The Horse's Mouth

Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor. Jimson's next project is an even larger wall in an abandoned church.

Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)

On the Beat

On the Beat · 1962

MovieComedyCrime

Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause

Cabbie (uncredited)

Light Up the Sky!

Light Up the Sky! · 1960

Light Up the Sky!

Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.

Mr Jennings

A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time · 1963

A Stitch in Time

An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.

Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill · 1957

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'

Bus Driver

Perfect Friday

Perfect Friday · 1970

MovieComedyCrime

The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift husband. It all comes down to a matter of trust.

Taxi Driver