Joss Ambler
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 23, 1900
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
Contraband
During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
Mine Own Executioner
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
The Long Arm
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
A Canterbury Tale
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Trouble Brewing
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.
The Halfway House
A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?
Rhythm Serenade
Patriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However, she is persuaded to organise a nursery for a munitions factory.
The Citadel
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
The Big Money
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
Filmography
as Hobson
as Bateman
as Cashier at Shipping Office
as Tom Walker
as Effdob Bilk
as Inspector Thorne
as Georgia Trustee
as Judge
as Yacht Port Manager
as Mr. Burton - the auctioneer
as Guide
as Businessman
as Mr. Wilson
as Julian Briant
as Atherton
as Dugan
as Blakemore
as Charles Sheridan - the manager of Overend Works
as Bradshaw
as Police Inspector
as Pinsent
as Garth Hope
as Chief Sub-Editor
as Matthews
as Cornelis Smit
as Police Chief
as Sir George Driscol
as Mr. Perry
as Mr Vemon
as Sir John
as Lord Mayor of London
as Dr. Lardner
as Earl of Carnarvon (uncredited)
as Lt. Cmdr. Ashton
as Sir Charles Bailey - the owner of the racehorse 'Maneater'
as Tipsy Diner
as Lord Redhill
as Drunk
as Dr. A.H. Llewellyn