Hugh McDermott
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 20, 1906
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known For
As Long as They're Happy
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Where's That Fire
Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels.
"Pimpernel" Smith
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
The Games
From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the world. They are also the pawns of powerful nations, the victims of dangerous drugs and the object of many men's ambitions. Once every four years they come together... for the Olympic Games.
A King in New York
A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
Bindle (One of Them Days)
Based on the book of Herbert Jenkins, a comedy about a accident prone furniture remover and his mate.
The Huggetts Abroad
Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family decide that they should go to South Africa by truck. With their travelling companion they travel across the desert which includes a brush with the law.
The Seventh Veil
A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
Four Days
A melodrama adapted from a play concerning the neglected wife of a financially embarrassed business man. Attempted suicide, forgery, fights and blackmail all in four days!
Filmography
as Bartender
as Gen. Ryland
as L.G. Moss
as Ray Moss
as Harry
as Carleton
as American tourist
as Richard Challis
as Lyons
as Nestor
as Bernie
as Bill Johnson (uncredited)
as Bob Westlake
as Barnaby Brady
as Richard Farrell
as Michael Carter
as Maj. Burns
as Rodney Wheeler
as Johnny Breakes
as Steve
as Calvin C. Bunner
as Francis Templar
as Dick Lawson
as Steve
as Bob McCoy
as Al Schwartz
as Dave Fenner
as Bill Mackenzie
as Peter Gay
as Mr. Melvill
as David Maxwell
as Michael Byrne
as Tim
as Jim Baker
as H.M. Stanley