Lal Chand Mehra

Acting

Lal Chand Mehra

Born August 14, 1897 · Amritsar, India

Died October 21, 1980 · aged 83

Lal Chand Mehra was an Indian character actor and academic active in Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Known For

CasablancaCasablanca · 1943
Casablanca
8.11943
MovieDramaRomance
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
The Mask of DimitriosThe Mask of Dimitrios · 1944
The Mask of Dimitrios
7.11944
MovieCrimeDrama
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
China GirlChina Girl · 1942
China Girl
5.41942
MovieRomanceDrama
Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.
Gunga DinGunga Din · 1939
Gunga Din
6.51939
MovieAdventureWar
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
HellfightersHellfighters · 1968
Hellfighters
6.31968
MovieActionAdventure
The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
College HolidayCollege Holiday · 1936
College Holiday
5.71936
MovieComedy
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
The Rains CameThe Rains Came · 1939
The Rains Came
6.11939
MovieDramaRomance
Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
The Saint's Double TroubleThe Saint's Double Trouble · 1940
The Saint's Double Trouble
6.01940
MovieCrimeMystery
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.

Filmography

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Storm Over BengalStorm Over Bengal · 1938
Storm Over Bengal
6.01938
MovieAdventure
This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its concise 65 minutes, the film manages to accommodate a Bengal Lancers main plot, a romantic subplot, the obligatory coward who makes good, intrigue aplenty from a villainous Indian potentate, and an outsized climactic battle between the rebels and the British forces. Patric Knowles, previously one of the leads in the British-India epic Charge of the Light Brigade, heads the cast. Worth noting is the presence in the cast of Richard Cromwell as secondary romantic lead Neil Allison and Douglass Dumbrille as the despicable Khan. Three years earlier, Cromwell had been tortured by Dumbrille's minions in Lives of a Bengal Lancer, and he undergoes much the same treatment here-"just to make him feel at home" observed film historian Roger Dooley.

Aide to Abdul Mir