Ralph Lynn
Acting
Biography
Ralph Clifford Lynn (8 March 1882 – 8 August 1962) was an English actor who had a 60-year career, and is best remembered for playing comedy parts in the Aldwych farces first on stage and then in film.
Born: March 17, 1882
Place of Birth: Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
A Cuckoo in the Nest
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
Stormy Weather
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
In the Soup
A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.
Dirty Work
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
Turkey Time
A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.
Pot Luck
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.
A Cup of Kindness
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
Rookery Nook
A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.
Tons of Money
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
Mischief
When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.
Filmography
as Horace
as Mr. Raymond Penny
as Jimmy Milligan
as Charlie Tutt
as David Winterton
as Peter Wykeham
as David Blake
as Ronald Gamble
as Clifford Tope
as Arthur Gordon
as Aubrey Allington
as Darcy Tuck
as Gerald Popkiss