Alexander Gauge
Acting
Biography
Alexander Gauge was a British actor best known for playing Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1955 to 1959. Born in a Methodist Mission station in Wenzhou in China, Gauge was a well-known English character actor. Gauge attended school in California before moving to England.
Born: July 29, 1914
Place of Birth: Wenchow, China
Known For
No Smoking
A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
A Christmas Carol
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption. Originally aired as part of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens.
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
Martin Luther
A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.
The Square Ring
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Sherlock Holmes
The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade. Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.
Dance Little Lady
When a ballerina's career is ended after she's injured in a traffic accident, her husband decides to try and turn their young daughter into a ballet star. Drama.
The Green Man
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
The Third Man
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
Filmography
as Policeman
as Chalmers
as Ghost of Christmas Present
as MC at Dance
as Chairman
as Senator Howley
as MacAllister
as Inspector Levins
as Wellington-Simpson
as Prince of Wales
as Friar Tuck
as Fitzgerald
as Humbold
as Mr. Arnold
as Police sergeant
as Bronson
as Joseph Miller
as Denis Clayton
as Claude Hankin, M.P.
as Mr Buxton
as Mr. Billing
as Smith
as 2nd Wiseacre
as John Markham
as Tetzel
as Ben Woodhall
as Tracy Tupman
as Police Constable (uncredited)
as MacNabb the Lawyer (uncredited)
as King Henry II
as Señor Gonzales
as Jerves Wilding