Acting

Jameson Thomas

Born March 24, 1888 · St George Hanover Square, London, England, UK

Died January 10, 1939 · aged 50

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jameson Thomas (born Thomas Roland Jameson; 24 March 1888 – 10 January 1939) was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939. In 1929 he starred in Piccadilly opposite Anna May Wong. At the time, Piccadilly was not well received, but has since been recognised as one of the best films of the late British silent era. Thomas moved to H…

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The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man · 1933

The Invisible Man

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night · 1934

It Happened One Night

MovieComedyRomance

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

MovieComedyDrama

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress · 1934

The Scarlet Empress

MovieDramaHistory

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

Decameron Nights

Decameron Nights · 1924

Decameron Nights

MovieDramaRomance

A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.

The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife · 1928

The Farmer's Wife

MovieComedyDrama

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · 1935

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

MovieAdventureDrama

In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. Surly McGregor and wry, blue-blooded Forsythe are officers in charge of newcomer Lieutenant Stone, the commanding officer’s inexperienced son. Motivated by a grudge toward his father, Lt. Stone allows himself to be captured by the enemy.

Bombay Mail

Bombay Mail · 1934

In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta and Bombay.

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The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man · 1933

The Invisible Man

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night · 1934

It Happened One Night

MovieComedyRomance

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

King Westley

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

MovieComedyDrama

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

Mr. Semple (uncredited)

The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress · 1934

The Scarlet Empress

MovieDramaHistory

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

Decameron Nights

Decameron Nights · 1924

Decameron Nights

MovieDramaRomance

A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.

Imliff

The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife · 1928

The Farmer's Wife

MovieComedyDrama

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.

Samuel Sweetland

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · 1935

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

MovieAdventureDrama

In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. Surly McGregor and wry, blue-blooded Forsythe are officers in charge of newcomer Lieutenant Stone, the commanding officer’s inexperienced son. Motivated by a grudge toward his father, Lt. Stone allows himself to be captured by the enemy.

Hendrickson

Bombay Mail

Bombay Mail · 1934

In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta and Bombay.

Capt. Gerald Worthing

Parnell

Parnell · 1937

MovieDramaHistory

Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

Judge Nanan

The Last Outpost

The Last Outpost · 1935

The Last Outpost

MovieRomanceAdventure

During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.

Cullen

Piccadilly

Piccadilly · 1929

MovieDramaCrime

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.

Valentine Wilmot

Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea · 1937

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.

Pelton (uncredited)

Escapade

Escapade · 1932

MovieCrimeDrama

Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip looks up to John and while incarcerated maintained contact with him through a continental mailing agency. As John has no idea he was in prison, Phillip tells him that he has just returned from Japan.

John Whitney

A Lost Lady

A Lost Lady · 1934

A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.

Lord Verrington

Chances

Chances · 1931

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom believes that Molly is waiting for him, while in fact, she loves Jack and only turned to Tom on the rebound. Jack and Molly meet while he is on leave, and when he returns to battle, he doesn't know how to handle the situation with Tom.

Lt. Taylor (uncredited)

Lady Luck

Lady Luck · 1936

MovieDramaComedy

New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is announced the winner of $2,500 and a ticket worth $150,000 for champion horse Lady Luck, if the horse wins an upcoming race, Mamie is pursued by wealthy sportsman Jack Conroy and nightclub owner and racketeer Tony Morelli.

Jack Conroy / Voice of announcer at racetrack

One Hundred Men and a Girl

One Hundred Men and a Girl · 1937

One Hundred Men and a Girl

MovieComedyMusic

The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.

Russell

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Egypt · 1935

Charlie Chan in Egypt

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Dr. Anton Racine

The White Sheik

The White Sheik · 1928

The White Sheik

In the Sahara a British Riff chief weds a captured girl to save her from the tribe.

Westwyn

The Man Who Cried Wolf

The Man Who Cried Wolf · 1937

The Man Who Cried Wolf

MovieCrimeDrama

An actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit.

George Bradley

Sing Sing Nights

Sing Sing Nights · 1934

Sing Sing Nights

A respected war correspondent is found murdered, with three bullets--from three different guns--in him. Three different men are arrested, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder, but only one can be the actual killer. A criminologist sets out to find who is really guilty.

Robert McCaigh

Elstree Calling

Elstree Calling · 1930

Elstree Calling

MovieMusicComedy

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre · 1934

MovieDramaRomance

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Charles Craig

The House of Secrets

The House of Secrets · 1936

The House of Secrets

MovieThrillerMystery

Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and sinister medical experiments.

Coventry