Brian Aherne
Acting
Biography
English born Brian Aherne (born William Brian de Lacy Aherne) was a stage, screen, and television actor successful in America.
Born: May 2, 1902
Place of Birth: King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
Known For
The Fountain
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now married to German officer Rupert Von Narwitz, his childhood sweetheart Julie. Long discussions between Julie and Allison, centering on family conflicts that kept them apart, take place before the severely wounded Von Narwitz returns to the castle and more long discussions ensue.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
Forever and a Day
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Rawhide
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
I Confess
When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.
What Every Woman Knows
Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.
The W Plan
A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.
Underground
A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted to the same woman on the same day at the same Underground station. But the lady chooses Bill, and Bert isn't the type to take rejection lightly...
The Swan
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Oliver Stevenson
as General Braithwaite
as Johann Strauss (Vater)
as King Arthur
as Stanton Corbett
as Fred Shalimar
as Booth Templeton
as Woolsey
as Father Carl Hyacinth
as David
as David Canham
as King Arthur
as Capt. Edward John Smith
as Willy Robertson
as Colonel Tafferty
as John Kirk
as Self
as Self - Guest Host
as Phillip Armstrong, a scientist
as Anthony Ridgeway
as Robert Larrimore
as Dr. Harry Blair
as Henry Pepper
as Capt. Allan Lowell
as Jim Trimble
as Jeff Troy
as Robert Baker
as Jim Blake
as Sir John Carteret
as John Evans / Malcolm Scott
as Stephen Dexter
as Andre Morestan
as William Essex
as Dr. Robert S. Prescott
as Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg
as Captain Michael Fury
as E. Wade Rawlins
as David Garrick
as Dennis Riordan
as Michael Fane
as Terence 'Terry' O'Neill
as John Shand
as Lewis Allison
as Richard Waldow
as Louis Dubois
as Col. Duncan Grant
as Bill
as Julian Gordon