Hal Osmond
Acting
Biography
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Born: May 27, 1903
Place of Birth: Southwark, London, England, UK
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 Night to Remember
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Tread Softly Stranger
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.
Last Holiday
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.
A Day to Remember
A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get involved in various adventures.
The Million Pound Note
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
The Spider and the Fly
"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
No Trace
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Eyewitness
Lucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.
Vote for Huggett
A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.
Filmography
as Freddie
as Small Sneak Thief
as Flatcap
as Steward (uncredited)
as Porter at Victoria Station
as Hospital Visitor with Flowers (uncredited)
as Barman
as Baker
as Joe - Golf Caddy
as Hotel Barman
as Cabbie (Ext. J's House)
as Liftman (uncredited)
as Hospital Doorman
as Coates
as Hospital Orderly
as Effects Man
as Yokel
as Mr. Hall
as Frightened French Peasant (uncredited)
as Livingston Potts
as Liftman
as Baggage Room Clerk
as Arthur
as Joe - Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
as Burglar
as Large Lady's Husband
as Mousey
as Costermonger
as Taxi Driver
as Agent Lawson
as Shipping Clerk ('Strange Journey')(uncredited)
as Fred - Stable Groom
as Jersey Waiter
as Garage Attendant
as Sandy Mackenzie
as Much the Miller
as Railway Porter
as Bookseller
as Lapp Cameraman (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver
as Witness in Street
as Trade Union Man
as Shooting Gallery Attendant
as Taxi Driver
as Swiss Taxi Driver
as Brandy Bill
as Radio Sound-Effects Man (uncredited)
as Man in Restaurant
as Mr Bates
as Stage manager
as Fishmonger
as Bailiff
as 2nd Engineer
as Bookshop Assistant (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
as Ticket Clerk at Shorebury
as Railway Carman
as Fireman (uncredited)