John Salew
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 1, 1902
Place of Birth: Portsmouth, England, UK
Known For
Witness for the Prosecution
Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise. Not to be confused with the later Hollywood adaptation.
Pastor Hall
The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
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.
Don't Ever Leave Me
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
Lease of Life
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
The Lavender Hill Mob
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
Maigret
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
The Thief of Bagdad
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
Filmography
as Mr. Monkton
as Harry Walker
as Moeller
as Dr. Paul
as John Arnold
as Moltz
as Agent
as Solicitor
as Mayor
as Grimweed
as Colonel Wentzel
as Pawnbroker
as Librarian
as Sam Youles
as Mr. Joe
as Routledge, a Senior Master
as Cookie
as Mr. Page, Chief Accountant
as Sproatley's Doctor
as Clerk
as Station sergeant
as Maxie Margulies
as Embarrassed Nightclub Patron
as Fernando
as Mr. Lloyd
as Herbert Finch
as John Martin
as American Husband (uncredited)
as Parkin
as Soames
as John Grimshaw
as Officious Man (Uncredited)
as Minister's Secretary
as Mr. Barrington
as Dr. Woods
as Farlaine's Manager
as Sammy Linkman
as Mr. Perkins
as Robert Mayherne
as Charlie (uncredited)
as George Sleek
as Defense Counsel Sir Huntley
as Prosecutor Ainsley
as Smug
as Mr Banks
as John Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
as Greasy Anderson
as Coles
as Wilburn
as Lawyer
as Caleb Neesley
as Grimstone
as Ticket Inspector
as Pogson
as CID Inspector
as Jenkins
as Col. Franz Bubencic
as Alec Johnstone
as Man in the Bookshop
as Detective Walters
as Diego
as Burgess
as Blake King’s Council
as Witness
as Sam - Friend of Pvt. Lloyd in Pub Scene (uncredited)
as William Shakespeare
as Pickering
as Griggs, Everard's Butler
as Wilson
as The Doctor
as Landlord (uncredited)
as Marcel le Blanc
as Captain Grune
as Smith
as "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub
as Charlie Jones
as German Sentry
as Steve Mason
as Henry
as Largon
as Mr. Tomboy
as Henri
as Reporter
as Mr. Lum
as Fish Peddler (uncredited)
as La Fleche - valet to Cleante
as Tramp
as RAF Radio Operator