Richard Ainley
Acting
Biography
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Born: December 22, 1910
Place of Birth: Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For
Stolen Life
Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identical twins Sylvina and Martina, whose mild sibling rivalry intensifies when one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart Alan McKenzie (Michael Redgrave) into proposing to the wrong twin.
Singapore Woman
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
The Smiling Ghost
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.
Lady with Red Hair
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
The Man from Down Under
An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.
Du Barry Was a Lady
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
Above Suspicion
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
Three Hearts for Julia
When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.
Shining Victory
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.
White Cargo
In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langford, a new manager sent from England for a four-year stint, and Tondelayo, a siren of great beauty who desires silk and baubles. Witzel is gruff and seasoned, certain that Langford won't be able to cut it. Langford responds with determination and anger, attracted to Tondelayo because of her beauty, her wiles, and to get at Witzel. Manipulation, jealousy, revenge, and responsibility play out as alliances within the triangle shift.
Filmography
as Larry West
as Marching Rebel Behind King Louis (uncredited)
as Military Doctor (uncredited)
as Peter Galt
as Philip Barrows
as Mr. Worthing
as Tennant Bentley
as Lt. Norman MacNeil-Fraser
as McKay Standish
as Dr. Hale
as John Wetherby
as George Allison
as Jelliffe Blaine
as Lou Payne
as Geoffrey Brown
as Billy Frist
as Morgan
as Lieutenant
as Ray Bennett
as Sylvius