Jack Melford
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 5, 1899
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
The Ladykillers
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus and taken to the Greek camp. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal — albeit a traveller in space and time — he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy. Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.
A Shot in the Dark
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.
The Laughing Lady
A musical set during the French Revolution.
Man from Interpol
Anthony Smith, an agent based at Britain's Interpol Division at Scotland Yard, takes on international assignments dealing with murderers, drug smugglers and slave runners.
Spare a Copper
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
My Brother Jonathan
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
Command Performance
Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering due to nerves, celebrated stage performer "The Street Singer" (Tracy) parts company with the theatre and goes to live in a gypsy camp where he meets and falls in love with Susan (Palmer), an attractive young woman who is unaware of his fame.
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.
They Met in the Dark
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
Filmography
as Bishop
as Menelaus
as Judge
as Telephone engineer
as Platina
as The Psycho-Analyst
as Colonel Dewer
as Dr. Falcon
as Monk
as Sir Owen Tudor
as Stewart
as Inspector Miles
as Lars Toren
as Grimes
as Thomas
as Inspector Gates
as Surgeon (uncredited)
as Norrin
as Court Official
as Detective (uncredited)
as Thomas Bevill
as Mackay
as Mr Quelch
as Maurice Lugard
as Dr. Martock
as Dr. Dormer Franklyn
as Wilcox
as Lord Barrymore
as Defence Lawyer at Court Martial (uncredited)
as Himself
as Dame
as Jerry Tulse
as Desert Bus Tour Guide (uncredited)
as Lt. Terry, pilot
as Pop Currie
as The Journalist
as Count Castelli
as Thompson
as Reggie Clifford
as Raymond Dirk
as Journalist
as Sir Reginald Toothill